Integrity of Scholarship Agreement

Integrity affects all aspects of our lives, and pertains not only to academic matters, but to our personal and professional relationships. The IEEE Professional Society—the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers—has published Plagiarism Guidelines as part of an effort to cope with plagiarism.

It may seem innocent to simply "borrow" from a source, and there are cultural differences in what is considered reasonable. But this is a serious matter and shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you were to make use of someone else’s work, and properly cite the source, you might be OK. But you need to check with the Instructor on what constitutes appropriate use.

This document constitutes an agreement by the student to abide by the rules regarding Integrity of Scholarship. All students enrolled in this course implicitly agree to abide by these policies and will seek authorized assistance when in need of help.

Academic discourse is rooted in the principle of honesty, and the lack of integrity in scholarship undermines community spirit. Plagiarism is dishonest and will not be tolerated in this course. Incidents of plagiarism will be taken seriously, and could result in your expulsion from the University. The consequences for cheating outside the university can be equally severe. Authorized course assistance is available in person and via email from the Instructor, Teaching Assistants, lab tutors, and OASIS.

While you may discuss the assignments with your classmates (or other teams if team work is authorized by the instructor), any work you turn in must be your own. For example, you must not do the following.

Copy the work of someone else and submit it as your own.
Allow someone to do the work for you, which is subsequently submitted as your own work.
Work on an exam or assignment for someone else.
Make available to others answers, keys, source code or other documentation useful in completing an assignment, or procure or accept such material. This includes students in past, current, and future offerings of the course, and applies to electronic transmissions including email, web pages, ftp, and so on, as well as hard copy such as source code listings.
Submit for credit material that had been previously submitted to another course for credit, without first obtaining permission from the instructor. If you do get permission from the instructor, then you must cite the source.
Collaborate with others to develop, complete or correct course work except as explicitly authorized by the Instructor.
Use words, text, or program source written by someone else without citing the source appropriately. Be sure to give the author(s) credit, consistent with any statement they require that you include in your code. The use of such material must be authorized and should not infringe upon intellectual property rights. Every figure or sentence fragment must be appropriately decorated with quotation marks or indention to clearly indicate that someone else wrote the text. In addition, the passage must be labeled with a citation or citation number which refers to a footnote or bibliographic entry. Citing a paper once is not enough. Remember: citations should be used to illuminate a viewpoint which you hold. They are not a substitute for expressing your own ideas in your own words.
Alter a graded paper or exam and submit for re-grading.
Employ any aids or devices excluded by the instructor in carrying out course work.

A student violating this policy will be reported to the university for administrative action, according to the UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship as described in the UCSD General Catalog and in the UCSD Academic Senate's Bylaws and Regulations. Possible actions include probation or expulsion from UCSD, in addition to any academic penalty imposed by the instructor in the course. Academic penalties include receiving a zero (0) for the assignment(s) or exam(s) in question and Failing (an 'F' or 'NP' grade) the course.

Each student is assumed to be familiar with the policies mentioned above and the course policy as described in this document. If you have any questions about these policies, be sure to discuss them with the instructor.

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