Policies:

Students are expected to be aware of, and comply with, all applicable rules, regulations, and policies established by the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Chemistry Department. Of particular importance are the Faculty guidelines on academic integrity and the departmental policy on plagiarism. Students are encouraged to form study groups, and discuss procedures and data obtained during lab experiments; however all calculations, and answers to specific lab, tutorial, or assignment questions must be your own work. Specific course policies are outlined below; if you have any questions about these, please contact the instructor.

Lab Reports and Course Work:

• All term work should be submitted by the deadline specified within the lab manual or on the provided assignment. Students who believe they might be unable to submit any item by the stated deadline should contact the course instructor by email no later than 24 hours before the deadline to request an extension
• Any term work submitted past the stated deadline without an extension or valid explanation will be subject to a penalty of 5% of the maximum possible mark per business day.
• In the case of illness, you will need to see a doctor at the time of illness and have them complete the appropriate form; see the entry on missed tests and labs below
• Plagiarism will not be tolerated. See the departmental policy on plagiarism for information
• Other students' lab reports, tests, assignments, and pre-labs are considered as unauthorized study aids, and may not be used
• Term work written in pencil will not be accepted for remarking
• Errors in marking should be reported to the course instructor no later than two weeks from the date it was made available for collection

Laboratory:

• Students are expected to conduct themselves at all times in a safe and professional manner, in keeping with the requirements set out in both the lab manual and the university’s code of conduct. You should consider the laboratory to be a place of employment
• Where experiments involve group work, all students are expected to perform their fair share of the work, to cooperate with their peers, and to provide necessary data to their partners in a timely fashion
• Students are reminded that the laboratory classes are mandatory
• Students should be at the lab by 9:00 am sharp to ensure that all experiments start on time; a progressive penalty for unreasonable lateness applies as described in the lab manual
• Students who are more than 30 minutes late for a regularly scheduled laboratory class without good reason will not be allowed to perform that experiment, nor submit their pre-lab questions or a report for grading (i.e. will receive a zero mark for the entire experiment)
• Students who are habitually late (i.e. more than twice consecutively, or more than three times during the semester) without good reason will similarly be refused permission to perform experiments or submit pre-lab questions and reports
• Students who receive a failing grade on a lab report may ask the course instructor for permission to resubmit that report; a resubmitted report must be accompanied by the original report

Missed Exams and Labs:

• Students who miss a quiz, term test, or lab session for a valid reason (such as a medical emergency) should contact the course instructor in writing as soon as possible; students may be offered either an opportunity to make up the missed work or consideration for the lost marks, depending on circumstances
• In the case of personal illness or other medical emergency, university policy requires you to submit a Verification of student illness form, completed by the medical professional you consulted at the time of illness. Contact your college registrar's office for assistance if you need to submit this form for multiple courses
• In the case of missed labs, please use the appropriate form to request a make-up lab.
• In the case of a missed final exam, you will need to petition through your college registrar's office and not your course instructor. Please note that this should be done as soon as possible