This is a general course in experimental physics, for upper-division physics majors. Experiments from a variety of fields of physics are included. Ph 321, Modern Physics Laboratory. You will also find it helpful to take a programming course as soon as possible. One lab session may be missed without penalty.
Full attendance constitutes being present for all three hours of every lab session but one.
This guarantees you a B in the course. Grades above a B will be based on lab-book grades, a WWW midterm report and a final PowerPoint presentation, and my general evaluation of your lab skills. The reports must be turned in on time to receive full credit. In general, computer analysis of your data is to be done outside of the scheduled class time. We might also schedule another time for graphing, calculations, making web pages, etc.