CS160 - Lab Policies

Lab Attendance Policies and Due Dates

For your own benefit, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you read the attendance policies below very carefully and make sure that you understand them. Overlooking the lab-attendance requirements for this course can have severe impact on your overall course grade.

1. Lab attendance is MANDATORY!! You are expected to work on your lab assignment during the lab period. The TA's will indicate the required level of completion before you may leave the lab.
2. Missed or "minimally complete" labs will receive a ZERO. The determination of "minimally complete" will be a judgement call on the part of the TA's. If the TA's feel that you did not invest sufficient energy to attempt to complete a lab, then the TA's will assess a ZERO for the lab.
3. Since the digital logic labs build on each other (e.g., Lab2 uses the circuits completed in Lab1, etc.), those who had errors or did not complete previous labs will be given access to output of correctly designed circuits.
4. If you cannot make a lab for reasons beyond your control, contact the lead TA via email as soon as you can before the actual lab session. In most cases, absences must be supported by written, signed evidence or documentation.
5. All lab submissions are due at midnight on Sundays. You must make the necessary arrangements for hardcopy submissions with your lab TA since you may not have after-hours access to Claxton Complex.

Helpful Hints / Behavior

1. Take advantage of your TA's office hours. They are there to help you.
2. We encourage you to use the lab facilities to test out circuit/programming ideas and solutions before lab. (LabVIEW software is available on computers in the hydra lab.) This will give you the best opportunity to maximize your lab scores and finish the labs on time.
3. We encourage you to discuss any lab design/implementation problems you might have with your fellow CS160 students outside of lab. But any work you turn in must be your own. Cheating will not be tolerated!! A good rule of thumb is that if, while you are performing your lab assignment or writing up your work, you can see someone else's work, you are likely on questionable ground.
4. During lab, seek help from your TA, NOT YOUR NEIGHBOR, who has her/his own work to do.

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