PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Grading

Course grading will proceed in compliance with University policy as given in Article 3, Part 1 of the Student Code.

Gradebook

You will be able to view your grades on all components of the course using the course gradebook. Check that your lab and discussion problem set grades are correctly entered in the gradebook.

Any discrepancies found in your student gradebook should be brought to the attention of your section instructor immediately.

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 211 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.

There are two grading schemes for the course. The default scheme is for those who want to participate in the lecture in person. The alternative scheme is for those who watch the recorded lecture. Note that bonus points are only available for the default grading scheme. You are enrolled in the default lecture grading scheme by default. You can change to the alternative scheme until the fourth week of the semester in the gradebook, (1/16/2023 8:00 AM - 2/17/2023 5:00 PM) .

Default grading scheme

Course component Number of assignments Number dropped per semester Maximum points per semester
Lecture and homework components:
Prelectures 26 3 25
Checkpoints 29 3 25

Lecture
(iClicker participation)

(respond to at least 75 % of the total questions asked)

24 5 25
Homework 27 1 75
  150 points
 
Discussion components:
Graded discussion quizzes 8 1 150
  150 points
 
Lab components:
Prelabs 11 1 30
Labs 11 1 150
Lab practical exam (class portion) 1 0 15
Lab practical prelab (online portion) 1 0 5
  200 points
 
Exam components:
Hour exams 3 0 3 x 100 = 300
Final exam 1 0 200
  500 points

Bonus Points: 25 points

You will have an opportunity to earn up to 25 bonus points to replace points lost on any non-exam component of the course by answering iClicker lecture questions correctly.

Alternative grading scheme

Course component Number of assignments Number dropped per semester Maximum points per semester
Lecture and homework components:
Prelectures 26 3 25
Checkpoints 29 3 25
Homework 27 1 75
  125 points
 
Discussion components:
Discussion quizzes 8 1 150
  150 points
 
Lab components:
Prelabs 11 1 30
Labs 11 1 150
Lab practical exam (class portion) 1 0 15
Lab practical prelab (online portion) 1 0 5
  200 points
 
Exam components:
Hour exams 3 0 3 x 107 = 321
Final exam 1 0 204
  525 points

 

EX and ABS scores

Any EX scores you may be assigned in the gradebook will become the average of the non-EX scores you may have for an certain assignment type during the final grade calculation. For example, if there are 10 homework assignments setup for your course, and you have two EX scores, 100% for seven of your homework scores and 0% for one of your homework scores, those two EXs should evaluate to 87.5% each. So your final homework scores used in the final calculation should be:

0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 87.5% 87.5%

Only during the final calculation are the lowest scores dropped; the dropping of lowest scores is not part of calculating EX scores.

Any ABS scores will be treated like a 0 score during final grade calculations.

Final Grade

The following table will be used to assign final grades.

Letter Range
A+ 1000 - 950
A 949.99 - 920
A- 919.99 - 900
B+ 899.99 - 880
B 879.99 - 860
B- 859.99 - 835
C+ 834.99 - 810
C 809.99 - 780
C- 779.99 - 750
D+ 749.99 - 720
D 719.99 - 690
D- 689.99 - 610
F 609.99 - 0