Your course grade will be based on examinations, laboratory work, and laboratory quizzes. There will be a mid-term exam, which will be 30% of your grade, and a final exam, which be 40% of your grade. The mid-term exam will be announced approximately two weeks in advance. The lab exercises and quizzes will count 20% and 10%, respectively. The instructor reserves the right to change these weightings during the semester. Any such changes will be announced.