Pre-laboratory exercises are designed to make you prepare for the laboratory. Copying answers from other individuals or from old copies of the exercises does not prepare you properly for the laboratory. The minimum penalty recommended by the Department of Chemistry will be a zero for the pre-laboratory exercise and the accompanying experiment. The accumulation of data, calculations derived from that data and any conclusions or answers to questions associated with that experiment are to be your own work. All laboratory work must be done in your assigned laboratory room during your scheduled time period and be supervised by your assigned teaching assistant.
Some courses require the submission of carbon copies of the lab notebook every lab period.
Violations will be prosecuted with the minimum recommended penalty of a zero for the entire laboratory portion of the course. If a minimum grade in laboratory is required as stated on the syllabus of the course, the zero can result in an E for the entire course. The Department of Chemistry will recommend as the minimum penalty a grade of E for the course for any such violations. The staff may inspect calculators used in exams. Never allow another student access to your pre-laboratory exercises or lab reports even after completion of the course.