There's a mid-term exam halfway through and a final exam at the end, and there's a term paper which is due near the end of the course.

我们在学期中和学期末,分别会有期中考试和期末考试,在本学期快结束时要求写一篇学期论文

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Well, like, like at the beginning of the semester when I didn't have any midterms,

比如在学期刚开始，还没有期中考试，

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But I have another plan called the "Amnesty Plan" in which I also compare just your final grade, what you did on the Final exam, and whichever is higher of the two is what I will take to determine your overall course grade.

我还有另外一套评分计划叫,"特赦计划",就是我会比较你的学期总成绩,和你的期末考试成绩,我会取这两个成绩中更高的,作为你的课程最终成绩

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Grading - 30% of the grade is for the mid-term, 30% for the final, and the final is not cumulative, the final covers only things for the last half of the course, so it's really just like a - covers half the course but it's given during the final exam period.

关于分数,总分的百分之三十来自于期中考试,百分之三十来自期末考试,期末考试并不包括学期的全部内容,只涵盖后半学期的课程,这真的像中期考,但在期末考试时间段里进行

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