PHYS 213 :: 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.

Gradebook

You will be able to view your grades on all components of the course using the course gradebook. Check that your lab and discussion grades are correctly entered in the gradebook.

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

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 213 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.

Grading scheme

Course component Number of assignments Number dropped per semester Maximum points per semester
Checkpoints 13 2 25
Lecture (iClicker participation) 16 5 25
Homework 13 0 150
Discussions 7 1 150
Labs 3 0 150
Midterm exams 2 0 200
Final exam 1 0 300

Bonus Points: 3 points

You will have an opportunity to earn up to 3 bonus points via the following activities.

Bonus points will be added on top of the total sum of points you earn in this course when calculating your final score at the end of the semester.

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 - 920
A- 919.99 - 900
B+ 899.99 - 880
B 879.99 - 860
B- 859.99 - 835
C+ 834.99 - 810
C 809.99 - 780
C- 779.99 - 700
D+ 699.99 - 670
D 669.99 - 640
D- 639.99 - 610
F 609.99 - 0