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PHYS 3170 Advanced Laboratory A
Last taught: Fall 2011
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Fall 2010
2.3
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The labs themselves are easy, but you will spend many hours writing lab reports.

Instructor 3.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 1.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 10.0
Fall 2009
4.7
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awesome labs all the professors are very helpfull

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 8.0
Fall 2009
4.0
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This class is very laid back and can be fun at times. At the beginning of the semester, you choose 5 experiment to complete from a list of about 13 (although one is required). The (four) lab reports vary in length, but most of them average to about 9-10 pages. The one notable exception is the aforementioned "required" lab, whose report can reach upward of 30 pages. You also conduct a presentation in lieu of a lab report for one experiment. Ostensibly, there are six lab-hours per week, but I found that my partner and I only needed four hours.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 8.0
Fall 2009
4.3
Average

4 reports and a presentation. Hess and Isin are fantastic. Can resubmit modified reports at the end to improve your grades. this is a very good lab for undergraduates, the experiments are detailed but fairly easy to perform and the reports are around 3000 words.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 20.0