You will learn more by working with your classmates doing the lab than can be assessed by any quiz or exam. In fact, your active participation in lab is so important that no quiz or exam scores could possibly be high enough to compensate for missing the actual experience of being present in the laboratory. Therefore, you must complete all of the labs to pass the course. Lecture attendance is required. Success in the lecture course will require your active participation during class.
Class meetings depend upon the questions raised by students.
You are responsible for information presented during all class and laboratory sessions. If you are ever absent, contact a classmate immediately because you will be held responsible for announcements regarding quizzes, exams, changes in lab protocols, etc. Unexcused absences will lower your grade. Excessive absences are grounds for automatic failure. Laboratory sessions will require the entire scheduled period.