Some of this material may forever change the way you think about the world . If you cannot attend class for any reason, you are still responsible for the missed material. Please derive your missed lecture notes from the assigned reading with the help of the web-notes or a classmate's. The outlines are just the skeleton of the lecture material. The real understanding comes from attending the lectures.
Some students believe that they can miss the lectures and still pass the course.
I do consider the attendance record on borderline cases. Labs are typically given on the Thursday of the week, except for test-weeks. Labs will roughly follow the text whenever possible. Lab grades are appx.