PHYS 427 :: 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.

Course component Percentage of your grade
Class participation* 10%
Discussion* 10%
Problem sets 20%
Exam 1 15%
Exam 2 15%
Final exam 30%

* lowest 2 scores will be dropped

Final grades are determined based on the following metric:

letter grade minimum percentage required
A+ 95%
A 90%
A- 85%
B+ 80%
B 75%
B- 70%
C+ 65%
C 60%
C- 55%
D+ 50%
D 45%
D- 40%
F <40%