PHYS 487 :: 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.
Homework will be submitted via Gradescope. They will be due on Tuesdays at 10 pm. Late assignments will be marked down 20% for each business day beyond the due date, i.e., if your raw score is x, your score one day late would be 0.8 x. No homework can be accepted for credit after solutions have been posted. The homework sets must be clearly written. The HW with the lowest grade will be dropped
Midterm 1 will take place on the 28th of September and Midterm 2 will take place on the 7th of November
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 487 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points:
| Course Component | Number of Assignments | Number Dropped per Semester | Percentage of Course Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homework | 10 | 1 | 250 |
| Discussion | 11 | 2 | 150 |
| Midterm Exams | 2 | 0 | 300 (150 each) |
| Final Exam | 1 | 0 | 300 |
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.
Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the attendance policy for this course.
Final Grade
The following table will be used to assign final grades.
| Letter | Range |
|---|---|
| A+ | 1000 - 950 |
| A | 949.99 - 910 |
| A- | 909.99 - 900 |
| B+ | 899.99 - 850 |
| B | 849.99 - 810 |
| B- | 809.99 - 800 |
| C+ | 799.99 - 750 |
| C | 749.99 - 710 |
| C- | 709.99 - 700 |
| D+ | 699.99 - 650 |
| D | 649.99 - 610 |
| D- | 609.99 - 600 |
| F | 599.99 - 0 |