PHYS 516 :: 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.

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

Credit Points: Everyone starts with 0 credit points (CPs). You gain CPs by doing homework and the final exam. There will be N homework sets (8 or 9) and all together they will be worth 700 CPs (approximately 70% of your grade). There will be one final exam, worth 250 CPs (25% of your grade). Finally, you can also earn up to 50 CPs by answering questions and attendance in class (the remaining 5% of your grade).

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 516 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.

Course Component	Number of Assignments	Number Dropped per Semester	Maximum Points per Semester
Homework	8 or 9	0	700
Midterm exam	0	0	0
Final exam	1	0	250
Attendance and participation	N/A	N/A	50

Final Grade

The following table will be used to calculate final scores.

Final Grade	Minimum number of CPs
A+	970
A	930
A-	890
B+	850
B	810
B-	770
C+	730
C	690
C-	650
D+	600
D	550
D-	500
F	<500