Earning a
Laboratory Waiver While Auditing Physics 111, 112, 221 or 222
or while
having "formal permission" to complete the course (after a formal
"drop")
What does it mean to "audit" a course? A student who registers on an audit basis is entitled to all the privileges of other enrolled students, namely, to attend class, take exams, ask questions of the instructor, and to seek help in the help room. The only difference is that no grade will be submitted by the department to the Registrar for students who audit. The University requires registration of an audit by day #10 of the semester.
What does it mean to have "formal permission" to complete the course after a drop? Occasionally students who drop one of these courses desire to continue in the course, learning as much as they can with the expectation that they will take the course in a future semester for a grade. If the drop occurs after the fourth week of the semester, and if there is sufficient space to accommodate the student, the course supervisor may grant formal permission to the student to participate fully in the course. There is a brief form available in the department office for requesting "formal permission" to continue in the course after executing a drop.
A student who is auditing or who has received formal permission to continue in the course after a drop can earn a lab waiver, that is, a waiver of the laboratory when taking the course for credit in a future semester. To earn this waiver, the student must participate in all facets of the course as well as complete all laboratory work satisfactorily.
It is the student’s responsibility to
provide documentation for a waiver, namely, a completed copy of the form below
titled, “Certification of Completion of the Course”. During the semester in which the lab is completed, students should
inform their recitation and lab instructors within one week of registering on
an audit basis (or receiving formal permission to continue after a drop) that
completion of this form will be requested at the end of the semester.
Certification
of Completion of the Course
(for students who are auditing, or for
students who have dropped but who have "formal permission" from the
department to continue in the course.)
ALL PORTIONS OF THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED
Student's Name
_______________________________ Date:
______________
Course:
Physics ________ Semester and
year: _________
Current
lab section: ________ Current
recitation section (Phys. 111 & 112 only.): _______
To the recitation
instructor:
Approximately
what percentage of the recitation classes did this student attend?
______________________
Approximately
what letter grade would you assign for this student’s performance in recitation
and on recitation assignments (homework, quizzes, etc.)? ____
In
your opinion, did this student make a good-faith effort to complete the course?
______
Other Comments:
________________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Signature of recitation instructor:
_____________________________
To the laboratory
instructor:
Did
this student complete all the laboratory assignments and experiments in a
satisfactory manner? _____
Do
you recommend that this student receive a laboratory waiver in a future
semester? _____
Other Comments: ________________________________________________________________________
Date: ________________ Signature of laboratory instructor:
_____________________________
To the student: ALL PORTIONS OF THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETED. The completed form should be retained by you, the student, and
submitted at the time you request a lab waiver (i.e., at the beginning of
the semester when the course is taken for credit). Give this completed form,
along with the Request Form for a Lab
Waiver, to the course-work secretary in Room 12, Physics, on the day of the
first lecture, or as soon as possible after that.
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