There is an introductory session on or around the first day of classes, usually posted in the appropriate bulletin and announcements boards. Select an experiment, schedule a starting date, and pick up experiment instructions and auxiliary written material at least one week before starting lab work. You should submit a rough draft of the report to obtain instructors comments and suggestions. Instructor will typically respond within 24 hours. Final report may incorporate instructors suggestions as well as any additional material student deems necessary.
Final report is due on or before seven days after midterm date.
You may not start the second experiment until the final report for the first experiment has been received by an instructor. The second experiment must be started in time to be able to deliver a rough draft report by the last day of classes. When scheduling an experiment for a set of consecutive dates, the student will be given specific laboratory instruction sheets as well as references and supplementary reading. All the experiments utilize equipment which will be unfamiliar to most students but several of them rely on physical principles and techniques which should be in principle familiar. In practice these principles and techniques have been usually forgotten or only very superficially understood.