Homework: Homework is due at 5PM every Friday, stapled with your name, section, TA name, and student number on the first page; lacking any of this information or any HW not done legibly may result in a penalty to your grade. A lock box is provided in the 4th floor of Roberts Hall to turn in homework. NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. Students will be allowed to drop their lowest homework grade at the end of the quarter. Graded homework will be returned to Mueller 168. Solutions will be posted on the website.

Labs: Safety first! Use the Safety handout guidelines. You must have safety glasses or goggles during lab sessions, along with long pants and closed-toe shoes. You must attend the lab section for which you have enrolled unless other arrangements are made. If you do not attend your lab section during the first week, and do not notify your respective lab TA or the lead TA, you may be DROPPED from the class list. Prior to each lab, you will be expected to print out a copy of the lab handout from the course website, read the lab handout, answer designated pre-lab questions in your lab notebook and otherwise make a lab notebook entry as discussed below. Some of the labs will require a formal write-up, and these lab reports will be due at the beginning of your lab section the week following the completion of the lab experiment.

Late lab reports: Late lab reports will be accepted for a partial credit: a maximum of 80% if you turn it in within 24 hours after the due date, and a maximum of 50% for turning in later than 24 hours but before one week (at the beginning of your following lab session); no points after that.

Lab notebooks: Lab notebooks are due at the beginning of your lab section on the dates announced by your TA. Lab notebooks will include assigned study questions, pre-lab objectives, experimental observations, data, and experimental summaries. In addition, they should include all project information, including notes from group meetings, experimental data, and research information. No late lab notebooks will be accepted. Lab notebooks are to be bound, not spiral or 3-ring, and all writing must be ink. Numbering your pages and keeping a table of contents may be useful.