There's a term paper which i'll talk more about as the weeks go on

随着课程的进行我会在讲到学期论文
that's also worth 30% of the grade.

这也占成绩的百分之三十
You'll have weekly - approximately weekly homework assignments

你们有个周作业大约是每周一次
that account for 10% of your grade,

这个作业占总分的百分之十
but they have an impact beyond the 10% because

但这个作业对分数的影响大得多
if you can do the homework and you understand the homework,

因为你如果你做了并弄懂了家庭作业
you're going to have no problem with the exams.

考试就没问题了
I encourage you to spend

我建议大家花费
more time than the weighting would suggest.

比分数权重更多的时间完成作业
So how do you get an "A" in the course?

你们如何在这门课程中得A呢
It's very simple.

很简单
You do the reading before class,

在上课前预习