PHYS 101 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James Scholar Credit
LAS Requirements
(1) Fill out an "Honors Credit Learning Agreement". The HCLA form is available from the LAS College office. http://www.las.illinois.edu/students/honors/james/ There is a deadline - check the LAS site.
(2) Make sure that your HCLA is approved by the Physics 101 lecturer.
(3) Having completed items (4) and (5) described below, the HCLA Rules state that you must earn a final grade of B or above in Physics 101 in order to be awarded Honors Credit for the class.
Physics 101 Requirements
Your honors credit will be based on an assignment that involves reading a physics-based science article and writing a 500-1000 word summary of this article. The level of your explanation should be appropriate for teaching the material to junior or senior high school students. The article should come from a print edition of Scientific American, published sometime in the previous five years. Note that a printed version of the article you choose must be at least four pages long.
Spelling, grammar, and clarity of exposition will all play a role in the evaluation of your paper.
(4) Send an electronic copy of the article to the lecture professor by the 8th week of the semester for approval.
(5) By the 13th week of the semester you should send your summary to the lecture professor. Be sure that your name and ID are at the top of the first page.