PHYS 212 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Eligibility

To be eligible for James Scholar Honors credit, you must:

You are not eligible if you are still a James Scholar Nominee on that date.

Please note that the grades on these assignments DO NOT affect your overall PHYS 212 grade IN ANY WAY.

This semester, your James Scholar grader is Caroline Owen (cbo4@illinois.edu).
Please join the Gradescope course for this semester using the code: 6J785X
Office hours will be held via zoom and are available by request.

James Scholar Supplemental Homework Assignments

Each assignment is due by 5 p.m. on the specified due date. Late assignments will receive zero credit.

Assignments which do not conform to instructions below will also receive zero credit.

NOTE: Use of 'generative AI' such as ChatGPT for any of these assignments is not permitted.

Each page of your submission must contain:

The problems are harder than the others in 212; however, we want you to give them your best!

Each assignment will be graded out of 100 points. You must maintain an average of about 80/100 in order to receive credit.

There will be 5 assignments, due every few weeks.

Be sure to show a reasonable amount of your work. More is always better than less. If we ask for a numerical answer don't forget the units.

The solution might also involve submission of a graph. You may make the graphs with any software you want or submit the graph as hand-drawn. Don't forget to label the axes of the graphs with the variables plotted, and include units.

Paperwork

If you are already a James Scholar, you should complete an Honors Credit Learning Agreement form, get it signed, and submit it to your college office.

How do I get the form signed?