It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of the requirements for this course, and understand the specific details included in this document. It is emphasized that this course requires a significant commitment outside of formal class contact. The learning tasks in this course may include classes (lectures or seminars), required reading, the preparation of answers to set questions, exercises and problems, and self-study. It is advisable that student maintains a separate Note Book for this course which can be used for keeping class notes, library notes, and notes of other readings. It is important to develop the habit of writing notes of classroom discussions and any readings that the students come across.

Assessment tasks submitted after the due date, without prior approval/arrangement, will be not be accepted. Requests for extension of time must be made based on special circumstances and it will be the sole discretion of the instructor whether to provide the extension.

Plagiarism is looked at as the presentation of the expressed thought or work of another person as though it is one's own without properly acknowledging that person. In case of plagiarism, marks will be deducted or put to zero. It is also advisable that students must not allow other students to copy their work andmust take care to safeguard against this happening. In cases of copying, normally all students involved will be penalized equally; an exception will be if the student can demonstrate the work is their own and they took reasonable care to safeguard against copying.

Each session will be of 90 minutes. There will be a mix of theory and hand-on data based discussion. There will be practice sessions and exercises.