This means that you will have read the experiment, formulated a hypothesis about the experiment, and understand exactly what you need to do for successful completion of the experiment. An unexcused absence in laboratory will result in serious point reduction for that laboratory. A second unexcused absence in laboratory will result in failure . Each tardy in laboratory will be met by a 10 point reduction in final grade. Prior consultation with the instructor is necessary before being excused from an examination or laboratory.
All exams are comprehensive.
The material in this course builds upon itself, therefor, if you do not learn the early material, then the later material will not make sense. There will be three, one hour examinations each worth 100 points. These will be multiple choice. Reports will be required for each laboratory. These will be fairly short and are described in a handout.