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PHYSICS 107: PHYSICS OF LIGHT LABORATORY is a one credit-hour course that must be taken concurrently with PHYSICS 106: Light, Perception, Photography, and Visual Phenomena to receive CORE credit. The lab meets for two hours weekly, giving students hands-on in-depth experience with some of the topics covered in the Physics of Light lecture class.
This is a participatory activity; it is mandatory that you attend all labs. It is also important that you prepare for your lab period by reading over the lab instruction topics. Pre-lab questions serve both as a review of important ideas and preparation for lab activities. If you do not submit the pre-lab questions before the cutoff day and time, points will not be included in your grade. Reports are completed in lab, left at the end of the lab period for grading, and will be returned to the student during the next lab meeting, so that writing (and grading) long and detailed lab reports is avoided.
Note that all laboratory assignments will be carried out using "Blackboard." During the first week of the lab you will get instructions on how to submit your work and where to find required information such as assignments and schedules. Before going to lab, please sign into PHYS107 on Blackboard and read the announcements. A link to this class web site is provided on Blackboard. In the event of class cancellations due to weather or other problems, any required schedule updates will be provided on the web site.
If you miss a lab for any reason, you may make arrangements (by e-mail if necessary) to make up the lab during another lab period in the week the lab is being offered. If that is not possible, you may complete that lab during the MAKE-UP week. If you must make up more than one lab, you may attend any lab session as listed above during the make-up week. Please see the Physics 107 Schedule for details.
Grading will be based on total point accumulation for the eleven labs. Any given lab score will include the sum of its points, which is 4 points for each "Topic" in the lab manual. For example, the first lab has 13 topics, each worth 4 points, for a total of 52 points. Four points are also allotted to the "Summary" for each lab, so the point value for Lab #1 will be 56 points. Beginning with Lab #2, there will be a pre-lab question, also worth 4 points. So Lab #2, with a pre-lab question, 8 topics, and a summary, will be worth 40 points. Beginning with Lab #3 there will also be a short quiz on the material from Lab #1, which will be handed back to you when you do Lab #2, also worth 4 points. So Lab #3, with pre-lab, 11 topics, the summary, and the test on Lab #1, will be worth 56 points. Here is a summary of point values for the labs:
| Lab | Pre | Topics | Summ | Quiz | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 13x4 | 4 | 0 | 56 |
| 2 | 4 | 8x4 | 4 | 0 | 40 |
| 3 | 4 | 11x4 | 4 | 4 | 56 |
| 4 | 4 | 9x4 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
| 5 | 4 | 11x4 | 4 | 4 | 56 |
| 6 | 4 | 9x4 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | 4 | 14x4 | 4 | 4 | 68 |
| 8 | 4 | 12x4 | 4 | 4 | 60 |
| 9 | 4 | 10x4 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
| 10 | 4 | 13x4 | 4 | 4 | 64 |
| 11 | 4 | 10x4 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
A histogram of total scores will be made, and letter grades assigned approximately as follows:
To qualify for a D, you must distinguish yourself among your peers. This might occur if your total grade is somewhat below the tail of the histogram of the rest of the class. It is mandatory to do all labs. Missing one lab will lower your grade at least one letter grade; missing two or more will result in a grade of F. If neither of these situations applies, no D or F grades will be given.
For the first laboratory you should:
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