PHYS 253 - Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics

Introduction

Goals

Syllabus

Assignments

Grading

Contact

 Grade components:

  • Four quizzes - 50 points each – 200 points maximum.
  • Final exam - 100 points - 100 points maximum.
  • Unit problem sets - 12 points each, due before quiz – 84 points maximum.
  • Fourteen laboratories - 15 points each; reports typed, due at the next lab - 210 points maximum. (Note: Each student must get 120 points or more in the laboratory to pass the course, regardless of other scores.)
  • Extra creditWeb exercises from the text companion website – Each problem worth one point. Final extra credit is equal to the fraction of problems correct times 70 for 70 points maximum.

 

Grading scale:

  • A : 535 or more points
  • B : 475 to 534 points
  • C : 416 to 474 points
  • D : 357 to 415 points
  • F : less than 357 points



Last update November, 2006