Honors Policy:

There are occasions when team projects will be assigned. However, this is not the rule; it is the exception. Unless specifically indicated in writing on the assignment sheet, homework, exams, and projects you submit must be your own work. Plagiarized work will not be accepted. It will receive a score of zero, as will the work it is plagiarized from.

Working on Assignments:

All assignments submitted for grading are to be done independently, unless specified by the instructor as a group assignment. All assignments should be typed. I will not accept handwritten assignments.

Academic Honesty: Copying any assignment or any portion of an assignment whether homework, exam, lab, or programming project with or without the author’s permission is not permitted.

A student submitting any work not entirely her/his own violates the Honor Code. The penalty for such a violation is a zero on the assignment. In accordance with the student handbook, all such violations must be reported to the Dean of Students.

One comment about working together:

I have no problem with students discussing concepts related to homework and programming assignments. I think discussion is an important aspect of learning. However, there is a fine line between discussing a concept and solving a problem together. It is not O.K. to write programs together and it is not O.K. to write homework assignments together unless it is specified as a group assignment. You may discuss assignments at a high level, but the actual solution and the write-up or coding of that solution must be done independently. All of your resources for solving homework or programming problems must be cited. This means that if you use other books or reference materials to solve a problem, you must indicate the name of the reference used and the page on which the solution was found. If you work in a study group, the names of your study partners must be included on all assignments. Failing to appropriately cite any and all resources used to complete an assignment is a violation of the honor code.

What is cheating?

· Submitting a solution to any assignment that was not written or typed entirely by you. Group assignments, when given, may be solved and written only by the members of your group.

· Sharing code, written assignments, any electronic files, or written files: either by copying, retyping, looking at, or supplying a copy to another person.

• Turning in some else's work as your own (with or without his or her knowledge): Turning in a completely duplicated assignment is a flagrant offense, but even copying only a portion of the assignment and turning it in as your own is also considered cheating.

· Allowing someone else to turn in your work as his or her own. Be sure to store your work in protected directories and remove any printouts promptly from printers

• Several people writing one program and turning in multiple copies, all represented (implicitly or explicitly) as individual work.

• Using any part of someone else's work without proper acknowledgement.

• Taking a solution to an assignment or part of an assignment from the web, a textbook, or any other resource and turning it in as your own.

What is not cheating?

• High-level discussion of course material for better understanding.

· Clarifying ambiguities or vague points in class handouts or textbooks.

• Discussion of assignments to understand what is being asked for.
• Turning in work done alone with the advice of the instructor or TA’s.
• Submission of one assignment for a group of students if group work is explicitly permitted (or required).
• Getting or giving help on how to operate the computer or terminal.
• Getting or giving help on how to debug code.

Group/Team Assignments:

There are occasions when team projects will be assigned. However, this is not the rule; it is the exception. Unless specifically indicated in writing on the assignment sheet, homework, exams, and projects you submit must be your own work.