Academic Integrity:

E370 students are expected to uphold the highest standards of Academic Integrity. Specifically, students will refrain from all cheating and lying, a form of cheating. Violations of Academic Integrity are different than violations of professionalism and carry different penalties.

Cheating:

“Dishonesty of any kind with respect to examinations, course assignments, alteration of records, or illegal possession of examinations shall be considered cheating. Offering the work of someone else as one’s own is plagiarism. It is the responsibility of the student not only to abstain from cheating but, in addition, to avoid the appearance of cheating and to guard against making it possible for others to cheat.” (Student Academic Handbook)

Lying:

Lying to a member of the teaching team about the behavior of another member of the teaching team is dishonest. Lying to a member of the teaching team about another student’s behavior is dishonest. Lying to a member of the teaching team about information purportedly received from another member of the teaching team is dishonest. Lying to a member of the teaching team about your physical or emotional condition and how it affects your class participation is dishonest. Lying to a member of the teaching team about an “act of God” which purportedly affects your class participation is dishonest.  All such claims will be investigated.

Some Specific Examples of Dishonesty:

1. False claim that Home Work Manager was down “all night” and you could not complete a WarmUps.

2. False claim that you suffered an unanticipated catastrophic event (surgery accident or illness requiring hospitalization family or significant other death) which prevented you from completing an assignment.

3. False claim that a member of the teaching team did not give you the allotted time to complete an exam.

4. Copying another student’s responses to WarmUps.

Penalties:

Any student guilty of cheating, plagiarism or lying about or on any exam, home work or course related activity will receive an F as a final grade for the course. Additional penalties may be invoked. Students in this course are asked to take a pledge of academic integrity, in particular to swear that they have not given or received help of any kind on exams, and that they will not discuss exams with anyone until given permission to do so.