Your observational skills will be heightened and you will learn to see and appreciate an invisible world that is around, on and in you all the time. You will learn the basic principles of sanitation and disease prevention, knowledge of inestimable value. You will come to an appreciation of the importance of the microbial world in your daily lives. Therefore, it is important that you see your TA as soon as possible after missing a lab . If you have a complaint about the lab first go to your TA, then to the head TA and finally to Dr. Hurlbert.
Attendance is mandatory .
No extra credit. Every student is assigned one microscope for the semester and they are responsible for its condition. The table by the door is labeled as to which materials go where. Desks must be clean and disinfected before leaving the lab. Lab coats are encouraged.