PHYS 515 :: 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.

Any discrepancies found in your student gradebook should be brought to the attention of your section instructor immediately.

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 515 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, doing the midterm and final exams and by participating in class or in piazza (asking or answering questions). There will be 12 homework sets and in total they will be worth 70% of your grade. There will be one midterm worth 12.5% and one final exam worth 17.5% of your grade. You can earn up to 30 bonus points (up to 2 points per week) by asking and answering questions in class or in piazza.

Note: homework sheets will become available online on Wednesdays before class. The completed homework is due one week later on Wednesdays at 11:59pm CST and they have to be submitted via my.physics. Unless a valid, verifiable excuse is given, homework sets which are submitted late will receive a 10% penalty per day (between Friday and Monday a 20% penalty applies). Homework sets which are turned in more than a week late will receive no credit.

Course Component Number of Assignments Number Dropped per Semester Maximum Points per Semester
Homework 12 1 700
Midterm exam 1 0 125
Final exam 1 0 175

Final Grade

We use the following cutoff table to calculate final scores.

Final Grade Minimum Points
A+ 970
A 930
A- 890
B+ 850
B 810
B- 770
C+ 730
C 690
C- 650
D+ 600
D 550
D- 500
F <500