During the exams you will be given the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding by direct application of the material through problem solving. Staying on schedule with assigned homework, and active participation in all components of the lab and recitation sessions are crucial for your success in this course. Lab and recitation sessions alternate each week. A schedule of these sessions will be handed out during the first lab meeting. Each lab session is approximately two hours long.
Attendance is required .
There will be six standard experiments you must complete. Recitations will be conducted in two-hour sessions. During this time you will have the opportunity to ask questions about homework problems and sharpen your problem solving skills in preparation for the exams. Attendance is required . Doing the homework problems, and understanding the solutions in detail, are some of the most important preparations that you can make for the exams.