Department of Physics and Computer Science

Expectations

• You are expected to spend more than the scheduled lab time each week on these labs:
  • up to 1/2 hour before the lab (pre-lab requirements)
  • scheduled lab time
  • about 1 hour after the lab (post-lab requirements)
  Time permitting, the post-lab requirements may be started or completed during the lab.
• You are expected to come to the lab on time and prepared. Attend all lectures so that you have all of the information you need to do the labs. Do all assigned preparation before coming to the lab. Bring your lab notebook and lecture notes with you to every lab. You may want to consider using your lab notebook for your lecture notes as well.
  
• You are expected to actively participate in your own education. In the lab, do not leave tasks to your partner because you do not understand them. Learn how and why to do all skills taught in this course. Lab instructors and demonstrators will not tell you the answer; they will show you the path to the correct answer.
  
  
• You are expected to do your own work. If you ask someone else for advice about something in the lab, make sure that anything you write down is based on your own understanding. Plagiarism is a serious matter and will be dealt with accordingly.
  
  
• You are expected to value the time of instructors, demonstrators, and markers. Make use of the lab time when it is scheduled, and try to make it as productive as possible. Do not arrive late or leave early and then expect help at other times for what you missed.
• You are expected to act on feedback from instructors, markers, etc. If you get something wrong, find out how to do it right and do so.
  
  
• You are expected to use all of the resources at your disposal including the lecture material and the course web site.
• You are expected to be professional about your work; this includes meeting deadlines, understanding and meeting requirements for labs, reports, etc.