Courses & Labs

General Laboratory Information

Lectures and labs are separate courses. Students will get 3 credits and a grade for the lecture. If enrolled in a lab, students will get 1 credit and a separate grade for the lab. Labs are not necessarily required (check with your major advisor).

Lab Start Dates

There are no labs during first week of the term, however due to changes to procedure required by COVID mitigation, there will be an orientation meeting for sections meeting Wednesday and Thursday and informational video links on BbLearn.  As before, lab experiments start during second week.

The first lab (experiments) of the semester is the second Tuesday of the semester.

• Fall semester: When the semester begins on a Monday, the first Tuesday lab is 8 days later.
• Spring semester: When the semester begins on a Wednesday, the first Tuesday lab is 13 days later. For Thursday Labs this is 15 days later.
• Summer semester: Ask your instructor about the lab schedule; 14 total lab days are required (counting makeup).

Contact Information

For labs information contact the lab instructor (not the lecture instructor).

For general questions on lab policy, grading or attendance contact the Director of Physics Laboratory Education, Eric Foard (efoard@uidaho.edu).

Tutoring assistance information can be found at Academic Support Programs.