UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratory
Grading Policy ESE 205

1. Grading

There will be 12 labs and one final examination.

Each lab will graded based on the individual Prelab (10points), the individual Prelab Quiz (10 points), the individual Labnotebook (40 points) and jointly submitted Labreports (40 points) according to the guidelines spelled out in the section on Guidelines for the Prelab, the Lab Notebook and Lab Report. Attention will be paid to clarity of presentation, neatness, pre-lab preparation, experimental procedure, data recording and presentation, discussion of the results.

The final course grade will be determined as average of the 12 labs, weighed by 75% and the final examination, weighed by 25%.

2. Lab Report and Lab Notebook Turn-In Policy

The lab reports, alng with the lab notebooks, are due within 48 hours after the lab session and have to be turned in the RCA lab not later than 4pm (i.e. if you have a lab on Monday, the report is due by We. 4pm). In the event a lab report is due on a day when the University is officially closed (e.g. holiday or weather); the report will be due by 4:00 PM of the first day that classes resume after the closing.

Students are permitted up to THREE one week latenesses without penalty. That is on three occasions lab reports may be turned in on the next lab session. The professor and the grader both have to be informed before the due date, of the intention to turn in the report late. No other late turn-in of reports will be accepted for any reason. Reports not turned in accordance with this policy will receive zero grade. Students are expected to manage their three allowed latenesses to allow for unforeseen situations that will result in reports to be turned in late.

3. Lab Work Makeup Policy

All laboratory work has to be completed during the designated lab period. Students who miss a lab session due to a documented emergency are expected to schedule a makeup time with the RCA Lab staff to conduct the missed lab work. Reports are still due in accordance with the policy stated above.


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Created: January 11, 1997; Updated January 11, 1997

Jan Van der Spiegel jan@pender.ee.upenn.edu

Updated August 1999 by Sohrab Rabii rabii@ee.upenn.edu