Grades
7 Lab reports:  70 points (10 points/report)
1 Grade for overall lab notebook: 20 points
1 Oral report: 10 points
Final report:  100 points

Total: 200 points
 

Rules

1) No Make-up labs, doesn’t work well for you or the TA.  If you miss a lab without notice and no doctor’s note (I call to check, after 2 years people trying to sneak by), then you swallow a grade.  If you give a weeks notice (the Friday before), then you can write a science review paper (due the day lab reports are due) based on a subject of my choosing and the questions I ask.  This review will require 3 primary references not in the paper, so it represents more work than the lab.  This sounds harsh but the last 3 years 2 students each year made the soft approach unworkable. 

2) If you are going to miss the cruise, you need to give 3 weeks notice and will be given a cruise preparation task, again not a trivial amount of work. 

3) Lab reports will be in approved lab notebooks.  A good notebook with detailed notes counts as an extra grade.  It is a skill to be developed for any career in science.

4) Anyone calling Dave or Oscar professor will lose 5 points from their overall grade.

5) A lab report is due each Friday by the end of the afternoon lab in my office or in my mailbox after the lab.  By the next Monday by 5 PM, 30% is automatically deducted.  By Wednesday 5 PM 50% off.  By next Friday lecture 95% off.

6) Final paper, has same automatic deduction schedule as the lab reports.  This is the part of the class where people flunk.

7) No make-ups on Oral reports.

8) Don’t beg to change the rules, keep your dignity and pay the piper.

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