Computer Science 530 - Academic Integrity Policy

• Giving or receiving information during an exam.

• Deception or misrepresentation in a student's dealing with the instructors, teaching assistant, or grader.

• Inappropriate collaboration on or copying of homework assignments:
  • Students are encouraged to discuss the readings with one another, even when the discussion relates to assignments. As long as the purpose of the discussion is to help the students' understanding of the material, and not to reduce or share the work, such discussion will not be deemed inappropriate.
  • All submitted answers must be the students own, and based on the students understanding of the material, not based on the answers of other students. Copying or rewriting anyone else's answers in the student's own words is not acceptable. Giving answers for an assignment to others is also not acceptable, and both the copyer and the copyee are guilty of copying; we have no way to know which of you really did the work.

• Plagiarism, the submission of material authored by another person but represented as the students own work. It does not matter whether the original author gave permission. Plagiarism includes both verbatim copying and paraphrasing. When material or ideas are taken verbatim, paraphrased, or otherwise included in your writing, citations must be given. The form of the citation must clearly indicate the extent of the material that was taken from other works. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:
  • Submiting a paper or report consisting of material taken verbatim or paraphrased from one or more other sources, except when such material constitutes an insignificant part of the submitted paper or report AND is appropriately cited. When such use is made, the included material must appear in quotes, or be indented to make it stand out from the original material in the submitted paper or report.
  • Writing a paper by cutting and pasting sentences or paragraphs from other papers is not acceptable, even if the other papers are listed as references.
  • See the ``Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism'' available from the student conduct office for more infomration and guidelines on appropriate and inappropriate use of material from other sources.

• Unauthorized or malicious use of computing facilities,

• Any violation of academic integrity standards described in the student conduct code. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards, which may be found in SCampus: See the ``Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Academic Dishonest'' and the ``Academic Intgeiry: A guide for Graduate Students'' for additional information.

The instructors, teaching assistant, and grader, will make every attempt to detect cases of academic dishonesty. We have copies of assignments submitted in previous years and will find out if you attempt to resubmit them as your own.

When in doubt, it is the student's responsibility to find out if a certain action constitutes academic dishonesty. Additional information on academic integrity policies may be found in SCampus. Verified instances of academic dishonesty will result in a letter in the student's departmental file and referral to the Dean's office for disciplinary action. Students found guilty of academic dishonesty will usually be assigned a grade of ``F'' in the course. Your instructors do not believe that being forced to drop the course or being assigned zero credit for a particular assignment is adequate punishment for academic dishonesty.

Additional infomration on student conduct may be obtained from the office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards.