PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Course Grading

Gradebook

You will be able to view your grades on all components of the course in the gradebook. Check that your homework 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 325 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.

Everyone starts with 0 credit points (CPs). You gain CPs by doing homework, attending discussions, attending lectures, and taking the midterm and final exams. There will be 11 homework sets and in total they will be worth 33 % of your grade. There will be 13 discussion sessions, and attending them will be worth 13% of your grade. Attending Lectures will make up 4% of your grade. There will be two midterm exams worth 15% each and one final exam worth 20% of your grade.

Unless a valid, verifiable excuse is given, homework sets which are submitted up to one week late will receive a 20% penalty. Homework sets which are turned in more than a week late will receive no credit.

Discussions are graded on participation. Your TA may reduce attendance points if you do something else. In particular, if you have questions about the homework, do so in the Office hours. Late policy: if you are more than 10 minutes late, your score will be reduced by 20%. Being more than 30 minutes late counts as absence.

You can earn up to 30 bonus points (up to 2 points per week) by asking and answering questions in the office hours.

Course Component Number of Assignments Number Dropped per Semester Maximum Points per Semester
Course learning activities
Lectures 27 3 40
Discussions 13 1 130
Homework 11 1 330
Sum 500
Exams
Hour Exams 2 0 300
Final Exam 1 0 200
Sum 500
Total 1000

Final Grade

We use the following cutoff table to calculate final scores.

Letter Range
A+ 1000 - 950
A 949.99 - 920
A- 919.99 - 890
B+ 889.99 - 850
B 849.99 - 820
B- 819.99 - 780
C+ 779.99 - 750
C 749.99 - 710
C- 709.99 - 660
D+ 659.99 - 600
D 599.99 - 560
D- 559.99 - 500
F <500

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