PHYS 575 :: 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.

Grading

Your final grade for Physics 575 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 2000 points.

Please note: Unless a valid, verifiable excuse is given, homework sets which are submitted late will receive a 10% penalty per day (between Friday and Monday a 20% penalty applies). Homework sets which are turned in more than a week late will receive no credit.

Course Component Number of Assignments Number Dropped per Semester Maximum Points per Semester
Homework 9 0 1200
Attendance and participation 27 2 500
Take-home final 1 0 300

Final Grade

The following cutoff table will be used to calculate final scores.

Final Grade Minimum Points
A+ 1900
A 1800
A- 1700
B+ 1600
B 1500
B- 1400
C+ 1300
C 1200
C- 1100
D+ 1000
D 900
D- 800
F <800