The text will be used as a reference, for homework assignments and to support the lectures and labs. Text reading is noted on the course lecture schedule. Most exam questions will come from lecture material, but that includes some questions on material presented in the text on the same topic. The text reading is meant to be supportive of lecture, although the text may present information using different examples, and with many excellent illustrations, to help student understanding. If a student has a question outside the classroom, the text and lecture notes should be consulted first, then the instructor.
Students are responsible for reading all lab book text that explains or supports each lab exercise.
Additional information pertaining to the lab work may also be found in the text. At the end of almost every lab exercise is a lab report form. The first page consists of a set of Pre-lab questions. Pre-lab questions are handed in at the beginning of lab on days selected at random by the instructor . The pages following the pre-lab constitute the actual lab report.