PHYS 486 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Exam Information

Exams will be as close to in-class, fixed time exams as virtual learning allows.  In particular, we plan to use the College of Engineering Computer-Based Testing Facility service CBTF Online for exams, which will be administered synchronously with fixed timing requirements.  More detail about exam procedures will be posted closer to the exam dates.

UPDATE 2/17: Exams will be take-home. 

Exam 1 logistics:

Exam 1 will be available for download via Box at 9:30 am on Tues March 2, and must be submitted by midnight the same day.  Within that time span, you may choose which two hours you would like to work on the exam.  Your clock will start from the time you access the exam file on Box, and end with Gradescope's timestamp when you upload it.  (If you find yourself having last-minute technical difficulties with uploading, you can email your solution to me for the timestamp, but please only use this in a real emergency as it will make a lot more work for the course staff.)

This exam is open book and open notes, and you may use Wolfram tools to do integrals. However, you may not work with other people on the exam, in or out of our course, and you may not communicate the contents of the exam to anyone until the exam period is over.  

Exam 1 statistics:  Mean score, 50.4/70 (71%); Mode score, 52/70

                              High score, 70/70; low score 21.5/70

 

 

Exam 2 logistics:

Exam 2 will be available on Gradescope at 9:00 am on Tues Apr 6, and must be submitted by midnight the same day.  Within that time span, you may choose which two hours you would like to work on the exam.  Your clock will start from the time you access the exam file on Gradescope.  (If you find yourself having last-minute technical difficulties with uploading, you can email your solution to me for the timestamp, but please only use this in a real emergency as it will make a lot more work for the course staff.)

This exam is open book and open notes, and you may use Wolfram tools to do integrals. However, you may not work with other people on the exam, in or out of our course, and you may not communicate the contents of the exam to anyone until the exam period is over.  

Please see email for a list of topics covered on Exam 2.

 

Final Exam logistics:

The final exam 2 will be available on Gradescope at 9:00 am on Tues May 11, and must be submitted by 9 am on Weds May 12.  Within that time span, you may choose which six hours you would like to work on the exam.  Your clock will start from the time you access the exam file on Gradescope.  (If you find yourself having last-minute technical difficulties with uploading, you can email your solution to me for the timestamp, but please only use this in a real emergency as it will make a lot more work for the course staff.) Points will be deducted for late submission: for each five minutes late, a five point penalty will be applied.

This exam is open book and open notes, and you may use Wolfram tools to do integrals. However, you may not work with other people on the exam, in or out of our course, and you may not communicate the contents of the exam to anyone until the exam period is over.  

The final exam covers all topics in the course, except periodic potentials.