PHYS 150 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Course Grading

Your grade will be based on your performance on the classroom attendance/participation, homework assignments, quizzes, the two midterm exams, and the final exam. The breakdown will be as follows:

Course Component	Number of Assignments	Number Dropped per Semester	Points breakdown
Lecture (Participation)	25	5	80
Homework and Checkpoints	12	1	220
In-class Quizzes	11	1	100
Hour Exams	2	0	300 (150 each)
Final Exam	1	0	300

Final Grade

Final Grade	Minimum Percentage
A	90%
B	80%
C	70%
D	60%
F	<60%

Note: In the rare event that grade thresholds change slightly, they will only go down, i.e. no one's grade will be worse than calculated from this table.

Details:

Participation

Participation grades will be determined by means of i>clicker questions during lecture.
You will receive full participation credit for the day if answering the i>clicker questions during lecture.
Participation is worth 4 points per lecture, up to a maximum of 80 points for the semester.
You will not be graded on correctness; if you give an answer for each question, you will receive full credit for that day.

Homework Assignments

Homework assignments for this course will be completed online.
Assignments consist of two parts called 'Homework' and 'Checkpoints'. Homeworks are typically multiple choice, while checkpoints require short calculations or essays. Be sure to show your work for any calculation!
The assignments will be due Tuesday at 8 AM (i.e. before class).
Late homework will receive a grade of zero.

Quizzes

Short quizzes will be given in class.
The quizzes will cover the reading assignment for the current week.
Solutions will be posted after the quiz each week.
At the end of the semester, your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

Exams

There will be two midterm exams and one final exam.

CONSULT SCHEDULE LINK FOR WHEN THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS ABOVE TAKE PLACE