PHYS 515 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Exams
General information
We will have one midterm and one final exam.
We plan to hold the midterm exam in person on Wednesday, 9 March 2022, in 144 Loomis from 17:00-18:30 CST unless the pandemic makes a different format necessary.
The final exam will be an individual take-home exam from 6-7 May 2022. That is, do not provide or receive help from anyone for the completion of the exam.
You are allowed to make use of Carroll's textbook "Spacetime and Geometry", and of your lecture notes and homework.
You are not allowed to use computer algebra programs such as mathematica, maple, matlab, any other textbook, the internet, or any other solutions.
In case you encounter any technical issues or require clarification of a question, please ask us over Piazza.
Remember that questions cannot be about an answer or how to solve a problem.
Show your work and explain your steps in order to get full credit. Intermediate steps and reasoning will be marked as well as the final answer.
Please follow the instructions during the lecture and information on this website for any updates.
Final exam
The final exam will be a take-home exam taking place on 6-7 May 2022. The exam will become available online at 9am CDT on Friday, 6 May 2022. The completed exam has to be submitted until 23:55pm CDT on Saturday, 7 May 2022 online via my.physics exam.
| Time: | Friday, 6 May 2022, 9am CDT until Saturday, 7 May 2021, 23:55pm CDT. |
| Exam sheet: | The exam will become available on 6 May 2022 at 9am CDT. |
| Submission: | my.physics exam Deadline: Saturday, 7 May 2022, 23:55pm CDT. |
Midterm exam
The midterm exam will take place in person on Wednesday, 9 March 2022 from 17:00-18:30 CST in 144 Loomis.
| Time: | Wednesday, 9 March 2022; time: 17:00 - 18:30 CST |
| Location: | 144 Loomis |
| Exam sheet: | handed out at the beginning of the exam |
Academic integrity
All activities in this course are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.