• What does it mean that Engineering students should register in the same Chem 103 and Phys 130 lab sections?
  • This means that you should first select the Chem 103 lab corresponding to your timetable pattern e.g. Lab Q01. Then register in Lab Q01 for Phys 130. However the booklet is WRONG about one point. If you cannot take (e.g.) T01 in both Chem and Phys, you can take the same LETTER, if the numbers are both odd or both numbers are even e.g. if you are in the T01 Chem 103 lab, and cannot get T01 of Phys 130, then take the T03 Phys 130 lab.

  • If you cannot do this, you might pick two odd or two even sections e.g. Chem 103 Lab Y01 and Phys 130 Lab T01. This is less desirable since these labs would then be on different days .

  • Under NO circumstance should you select an odd and an even section of the same letter e.g. Chem 103 Lab Z01 and Phys 130 Lab Z02.
    
    
• The registration system indicated that the lab section I want is full.
  • Can you put me in?
    No. The limit per section is not an arbitrary number. It is determined by the actual number of workbenches. All available spaces are shown by the registration system.

  • Is there anything I can do?
    You might try to rearrange your time table. Also try immediately after August 14, 2009. Students who do not pay their deposits by this date get their registrations cancelled and you should be able to pick up their spots.

• When do the labs start?
  
  The date for the start of the labs is given by the Registration system. Before the first lab period, purchase a 2009/2010 Lab Manual (from the University Bookstore). You will not be able to do the lab if you show up without a Lab Manual. There is also likely no room for make ups so you will get a mark of zero. There is a prelab assignment that must be submitted at the start of the first lab period. Be sure to read the instructions for the first lab period (also see Lab Orientation).

  Note that safety glasses must be worn during check-in and check-out.

  For the September to December 2009 term,

  • Chem 103 odd sections, e.g. N01, N03, Q01, Q03, F01, F03 etc. start the week of September 7. But as Mon Sept 7 is Labour Day, the Mon secs N01, N03, Q01, Q03, ROTATE so that their first lab is Mon Sept 21 (ie no night makeup is needed).

  • Chem 103 even sections, e.g. N02, N04, Q02, Q04 etc. start the week of September 14. All other courses start the week of September 21.

    But Chem 103 students should check the schedule in the lab manual carefully as there ARE makeups for Thanksgiving and for the Fall Term break in Nov.

  Complete LAB SCHEDULES for each course will be in the Laboratory Manual, and here (when avail) for the Fall 2009 term, Chem 101, Chem 102, Chem 103 , and Chem 105.

• The lab room is TBA. How do I find out where my lab will be held?
  
  Assignments to a specific lab room can be done only after online registration for the course has closed. Your lab room assignments will be posted outside E2-34 and here (when avail) for Chem 101, Chem 102, Chem 103 (as .pdf), and Chem 105.

• What do I have to do before the start of the labs?

  You must get a 2009/2010 Laboratory Manual for your course. There is a list in it of things to do before going to your first lab class. (Also see Lab Orientation ).
  
  

• Where are the seminars held?
  
  The seminars are the help sessions. You may go to any or all of them. The Lecture Help sessions will be held in E2-34A, and will run from 8am to 5 pm Mon-Fri. There will likely be Sunday sessions in CAB likely from 13:00 - 19:00. These sessions deal mostly with class assignments, and preparation for lecture exams. The TA will also answer questions about the labs. However there are separate Lab Help sessions in E2-26 dealing with the Prelab assignments for the labs, lab report sheets, and preparation for the Lab Exam.
  
  

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During the Term

• Where do I find information about lab policies on safety glasses, lab attendance, illness, lab marks etc.?

  The lab rule is that safety glasses must be worn at all times in the lab room. At all times means during check-in, while listening to your TA's briefing, during the experiment, after you're finished and are cleaning up your equipment... until you leave the lab room. If you wear prescription glasses, you must get and wear the type of safety glasses that will fit over your prescription glasses.

  Answers to questions of this sort are in the Lab Manual. They are also briefly covered here. FYI the same safety glasses sold for $5 by Undergrad Chem Stores (Chem East E2-29) cost about $10 at the University Bookstore this year.
  
  

• Our lecturer used transparencies in discussing the experiments. How can I get copies of these?
  
  Copies of these outlines are posted across from the Storeroom (E2-29). They are also on the Chem 10X on-line Lab Help site.

• How do I find out my lab mark?
  
  After your lab exams are written, the OMR sheets will be turned into Computing Services for scanning . Once these marks are returned to me, they will be checked for errors in ID number, exam codes etc., and then posted along with your overall lab mark across from the Storeroom (E2-29) and here. At this time your TA will be post a complete list of all of your lab report marks along with your overall lab mark.
  
  
• How will my lab mark be used in calculating my final grade?
  
  Your lab mark will be used like a midterm exam mark. The lab mark is worth 25 % ( = 14.5% prelabs, reports... and 10.5 % lab exam) of the Chem 101/102 overall course mark, and 20 % ( = 10.5 % prelabs, reports and 9.5 % lab exam) of the Chem 103/105 overall course mark. Your lecturer will use your overall course mark in assigning you a grade on the letter grade scale used by this University.
  
  
• Where do I find if I owe anything on my lab bill?
  
  You may check with the Undergraduate Chemistry Storeroom E2-29 during any lab period.
  
  

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