PHYS 486 :: 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.

Late assignments will be marked down 10% for each day beyond the due date, i.e., if your raw score is x, your score one day late would be 0.9 x.  

Gradebook

You will be able to view your grades on all components of the course using the course Gradebook.

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 486 will be based upon the course components as follows:

Course Component Number of Assignments  Percentage 
Pre-Lectures (lowest two scores will be dropped) 20 10%
Discussion sessions (lowest two scores will be dropped) 11 20%
Homework (lowest will be dropped) 10 20%
Midterm exams I and II 2 30%
Final Exam 1 20%
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