If you are having problems that are interfering with your ability to do the work in this class, please tell me about it as soon as you can. I am willing to give incompletes or to make some kinds of special arrangements when the need is real and when you have done your best to deal with the situation and have let me know about it in a timely manner. It is often not possible to make-up a lab since they may require special equipment and materials. If you know in advance that you have to miss a lab, contact one of the instructors to see if you can attend a different lab section, or to make other possible arrangements. In general, there will not be formal lab write-ups to turn in, but notes that you take in lab and have reviewed by a TA may be used on a portion of the lab exam.
Field trips are also an integral part of the course.
I encourage you to attend all of the trips, but the minimum requirement is that you attend at least one trip and turn in a journal from that trip. The journal should explain how things we have read about or discussed in lecture are manifested in the field. Field trip journals are due November 25. Information covered on field trips and labs may appear on exams, though questions from field trips will generally come from information that is complementary to readings and lecture. Also bring a bag lunch and something to drink.