How much power do professors have in manipulating the syllabus in terms of...

[realfriend]

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I just took a class and it said that for an A in the class, you need 90% after the highest score has been normalized to 100%. What she ended doing was not normalizing the highest score to 100% AND she also raised the scale so that an A was 95%. Is she allowed to do this? I thought the syllabus was supposed to be "binding" since students depend on that from day 1. What do you guys think?

 

[Cerberus]

Originally posted by realfriend
I just took a class and it said that for an A in the class, you need 90% after the highest score has been normalized to 100%. What she ended doing was not normalizing the highest score to 100% AND she also raised the scale so that an A was 95%. Is she allowed to do this? I thought the syllabus was supposed to be "binding" since students depend on that from day 1. What do you guys think?

Good question, that sounds rather shady.

 

[DrMom]

Depends on the school. The community college and university I taught at made us stick to the policies in the syllabus, though.

 

[Chet Rogers]

You might want to talk to a dean. I know my school, the prof has to stick to the syllabus for grade %. They can change the dates when assignments are due, if they put that "subject to change."

 

[CalBeE]

Realfriend,

Your avatar is rather....err....interesting 😛

Actually I don't know why but I feel like the face's gonna explode whenever I see it.