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. Late assignments will be marked down 20%.  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

Quizzes will take place in the last 20 minutes of each discussion session. You will have to hand in your solutions by the end of the session and you will subsequently recieve graded solutions in the following week. When you hand in your quiz, make sure you include your name and your discussion section. The two quizzes with the lowest grades will be dropped. 

Midterm 1 will take place on the February 21 and Midterm 2 will take place on the April 04

Final Exam will take place on Thursday 11 May, 7pm - 10pm, at 1024 Chemistry Annex

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 the course components as follows:

 

Course Component Number of Assignments Percentage
Quizzes 9 Quizzes 15%
Homework 14 HWs 15%
Midterm 1 1 20%
Midterm 2 1 20%
Final Exam 1 30%
    100%