PHY4802L - LABORATORY ELECTRONICS - Fall 2016
Grading
- Lab, Lab Book and Lab Reports: 60%
- Final Project: 15%
- In-Class quizzes and Instructor discretion 25%
On the day of the final, once all presentations are complete, you must clean up your project and bench area. Anyone not doing so will receive an Incomplete in this course.
Quizzes
We will have In-class quizzes on an as-needed base. They will take between 15 and 30min and will usually (not always) be given at the beginning of the class. No make-up in-class quizzes will be offered. The quiz is based on what you should know at the day of the quiz. The basics are covered in the reading assignments and the lectures. But you have to be able to apply those principles and that requires practice. The textbook and the student manual have many practical examples which be might modified for quiz questions.Lab and Lab Book
One of the most important aspects of this course is to learn how to work in a lab, how to take notes and maintain a lab book and how to write good reports. We will be with you in the lab and will constantly evaluate your performance and we will also check your lab books on a regular basis. See How to keep a lab manual/log book for further instructions.Lab Reports
Lab reports are due by the start of class on the dates listed on the schedule. Late lab reports will incur a severe penalty of up to 15% off per day late. After 4 days late the maximum grade for the assignment (assuming perfect work) will be 50%. This year, we ask you to use 'latex' to write your lab report. We will follow the same format that is used in Phy4803L. But see their website for instructions. Similar to 4803L, we also expect you to compile the tex file as your first lab report for chapter 1. More instructions will be provided in class.Assignment due dates will be strictly followed.
We accept hard copies and electronic copies in pdf format assuming we can read them. Electronic copies might be returned electronically. The due dates are shown on the Class Schedule and the hard copies or pdfs have to be submitted on that day prior to the start of the lab. While you will work in teams of 2 for building the circuits and recording data, the lab reports are to be individual efforts. Discussion with and help from your peers is encouraged, but copying of work is not. Both of the members in a group should participate in taking data and in analyses. Exclusively sharing the duty of lab work is not allowed. Lab partners will be rotated based on the instructor's preference.