(1) At least 4 of the 5 labs must be completed with an average grade of 50% or better to pass the course.
All 5 labs will be counted towards the final grade.

(2) At least 3 of the 4 PA-Quizzes must be completed with an average grade of 50% or better to pass the course.
All 4 PAs will be counted towards the final grade.

(3) A combined average of at least 50% on the midterm and final exams is required to pass the course
(Final Examination is for evaluation purposes only and the paper will not be returned to the student).

Students work in groups of 2. Each student is required to maintain a laboratory notebook. All data,
calculations, graphs etc., are to be recorded in the notebook, and as well, conclusions and discussions
must be added at the end of each major part of the experiments. The notebooks will be collected at the
end of each lab period, marked, and returned to you during your next lab-turn (after one weeks).

Laboratory exemptions are available only for those students who have completed all the 5 lab
experiments within last two years with over 70% aggregate. Handwritten applications for lab
exemptions must be submitted to the instructor (in class or to the departmental mail box)
by Thursday, 3rd July, 2008, with the following details: student number, full name, and the previously
registered lab section, and individual marks of each of the five labs. Decisions with regard to such
applications will be announced on the course web site, before the labs commence.

Problems for each week’s PA sessions will be assigned and posted one week in advance on
the ELEC 2507 course website. You are expected to work out these problems and self-evaluate
yourself before coming to the PA. The PA sessions are to help with problem clarification, and to
answer conceptual questions. Should you attempt all the assigned questions, the likelihood you
would pass the quiz is higher. The last 45 minutes of the PA session is used to conduct a quiz.
The quizzes will be marked and returned during the next PA turn (after one week). Attendance
will be taken at the beginning of the PA session and also a sign-up sheet will be passed to record
the presence in the quiz.

Requests for LAB report and PA quiz re-checks must be made to your respective TAs as soon as
you receive them. Once you leave the LAB/PA room, you forfeit your right to ask for a re-check.

Given the 6 week course schedule, it will be difficult to accommodate requests regarding any missed
labs/quizzes. Students who are unable to write PA-quiz or lab in the regular session will only be permitted
to do so for medical reasons (with a valid medical certificate). In such a case please contact the TA/PA,
with-in 24 hours of the missed session, along with the medical certificate for making possible alternative arrangements.

100301185 (approved)

100708251 (approved)