PHYS 211 :: 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 problem set 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 211 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.
There are two grading schemes for the course. The default scheme is for those who want to participate in the lecture in person. The alternative scheme is for those who watch the recorded lecture. Note that bonus points are only available for the default grading scheme. You are enrolled in the default lecture grading scheme by default. You can change to the alternative scheme until the fourth week of the semester in the gradebook, (1/16/2023 8:00 AM - 2/17/2023 5:00 PM) .
Default grading scheme
| Course component | Number of assignments | Number dropped per semester | Maximum points per semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture and homework components: | |||
| Prelectures | 26 | 3 | 25 |
| Checkpoints | 29 | 3 | 25 |
|
Lecture (respond to at least 75 % of the total questions asked) |
24 | 5 | 25 |
| Homework | 27 | 1 | 75 |
| 150 points | |||
| Discussion components: | |||
| Graded discussion quizzes | 8 | 1 | 150 |
| 150 points | |||
| Lab components: | |||
| Prelabs | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| Labs | 11 | 1 | 150 |
| Lab practical exam (class portion) | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lab practical prelab (online portion) | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 200 points | |||
| Exam components: | |||
| Hour exams | 3 | 0 | 3 x 100 = 300 |
| Final exam | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| 500 points | |||
Bonus Points: 25 points
You will have an opportunity to earn up to 25 bonus points to replace points lost on any non-exam component of the course by answering iClicker lecture questions correctly.
Alternative grading scheme
| Course component | Number of assignments | Number dropped per semester | Maximum points per semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture and homework components: | |||
| Prelectures | 26 | 3 | 25 |
| Checkpoints | 29 | 3 | 25 |
| Homework | 27 | 1 | 75 |
| 125 points | |||
| Discussion components: | |||
| Discussion quizzes | 8 | 1 | 150 |
| 150 points | |||
| Lab components: | |||
| Prelabs | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| Labs | 11 | 1 | 150 |
| Lab practical exam (class portion) | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Lab practical prelab (online portion) | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 200 points | |||
| Exam components: | |||
| Hour exams | 3 | 0 | 3 x 107 = 321 |
| Final exam | 1 | 0 | 204 |
| 525 points | |||
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.
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 - 750 |
| D+ | 749.99 - 720 |
| D | 719.99 - 690 |
| D- | 689.99 - 610 |
| F | 609.99 - 0 |