ExpectationsEach student (or homework group) must write their own homework solutions, in their own words, and must properly credit all sources. These include but are not limited to:
Citing your sources will not lower your homework grade.
- Books
- Papers
- Web pages
- Solutions from prior course material
- Fellow students
- Friends and/or family members.
Avoiding plagiarism is really very simple: Never present someone else's words or ideas as your own.
See Article 1, Part 4 of the UIUC student code (http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/
- Repeating ideas from other people, papers, or web pages without giving proper credit is plagiarism.
- Verbatim duplication of any source, even with proper citations, is plagiarism. In particular:
- Copying from a solution manual for the textbook is plagiarism.
- Copying a previous semester's official homework solutions is plagiarism.
- Turning in a copy of someone else's work as your own is plagiarism, even if you have their permission.
- Allowing someone else to copy your work verbatim, or to use your ideas without giving you credit, is also a violation of academic integrity.
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PenaltiesViolations of academic integrity will incurse serious penalties.
These penalties are consistent with the CS department's recommendations. All academic integrity cases will be reported to the student's department and college. Multiple offenses can result in suspension or dismissal.
- The default penalty for a first offense is a grade of zero on the entire homework or exam. (A zero homework grade that results from a cheating offense will not be dropped.)
- The penalty for a second offense, or a particularly egregious first offense, is an F in the course.
Except for Homework 0, groups of up to three people are allowed to submit a single solution for each homework. Every member of the group receives credit for the entire assignment. That means every member of the group is responsible for the entire assignment. If a submitted homework contains plagiarized material, every member of the group will be given the same penalty. (Again, this is the same standard that is applied to coauthors of research papers.) If you cheat, you are not only endangering your grade, and possibly your academic career, but your colleagues' as well.
Regardless of whether it constitutes plagiarism, or whether you get caught, getting too much help on your homework will hurt your final grade. If you don't learn how to solve algorithmic problems on your own, you will perform poorly on the (closed-book, closed-notes) exams, which make up 75% of your final course average.
Seek help if you are struggling with the class. The instructor and TAs will make extra time if you need extra assitance in understanding the material better.
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Webpage contents generously borrowed/copied from those of Jeff Erickson.