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Welcome to Physics 214!

Before the first lab next week, you need to complete two safety training courses:

Laser Safety
Laboratory Safety

You can find those courses at this link.

Lecture

Students must be on time and prepared for lecture.

Read the prelecture notes and complete the checkpoint questions on smart.physics.
After the lectures are delivered, the PDFs will be available on the syllabus.

Discussion

Students must be on time and prepared for discussion.

Students arriving more than 10 minutes late for discussion will receive a grade of 0.
You will be graded on your work during the discussion section.

Laboratory

Students must be on time and prepared for labs.

Homework

Homework assignments are on smart.physics.
Consult the course schedule for due dates.

Exams

View Formula Sheet
There is one hour exam and a final exam. See the course schedule.
Exams will be administered at the the CBTF.
All exams must be scheduled in advance using the CBTF scheduling system.
Review the exam information page for details.
Read and understand the information posted here before the first exam.

Excused Absences

Please submit your excused absence no later than 12 business days from your absence via the Excused Absences application.
For more information regarding this course's excuses policy, please refer to the Attendance Policy page.

Academic Integrity

All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.