PHYS 515 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Exams

General information

We will have one midterm exam and one final exam.

The midterm exam will take place in person on Tuesday, 10 October 2023, in 222 Loomis during class, i.e., from 13:00-14:20 Central US.
The final exam will be an individual take-home exam from 8-11 December 2023.

Both exams will be an individual exams. That is, do not provide or receive help from anyone for the completion of the exam. You are not allowed to use computer algebra programs such as mathematica, maple, matlab, any other textbook, the internet, ChatGPT (or similar) or any other solutions.

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.

Midterm exam

The midterm exam will take place in person on 10 October 2023 during class, i.e., 13:00-14:20pm Central US in 222 Loomis.

Time: Tuesday, 10 October 2023,
13:00-14:20pm Central US
Location: 222 Loomis
Exam sheet: handed out at the beginning of the exam

Final exam

The final exam will be an individual take-home exam taking place on 8-11 December= 2023. The exam will become available online at 9am Central US on Friday, 8 December 2023. The completed exam has to be submitted until 23:55pm Central US on Monday, 11 December 2023 online via my.physics 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, ChatGPT (or similar) or any other solutions.

In case you encounter any technical issues or require clarification of a question, please email both Prof. Witek and TA Zhong. Remember that questions cannot be about an answer or how to solve a problem.

Time: Friday, 8 December 2023, 9am CST -- Monday, 11 December 2023, 23:55pm CST.
Exam sheet: Final exam
Available: 8 December 2023, 9am CST.
Submission: my.physics exam
Deadline: Monday, 11 December 2023, 23:55pm CST

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.