Statement of Ethics
Student Confirmation
CSE 1111, Spring 2003
The following is an excerpt from the College of
Engineering's statement on Ethics, Professionalism, and Conduct of Engineering
Students. The notes are modifications appropriate for Computer Science and
Engineering courses. Read the statement carefully, sign it, and return it to
your instructor. A copy of the original policy is available for examination in
the Computer Science and Engineering office. Additional copies of this
statement can be obtained from your instructor or the CSE office.
Statement
on Ethics, Professionalism, and Conduct of Engineering Students
College
of Engineering
The
University of Texas at Arlington
The College cannot and will not tolerate any form of
academic dishonesty by its students. This includes, but is not limited to 1)
cheating on examination, 2) plagiarism, or 3) collusion.
Definitions:
A. Cheating on an examination includes:
1. Copying
from another's paper, any means of communication with another during an examination,
giving aid to or receiving aid from another during an examination;
2. Using
any material during an examination that is unauthorized by the proctor;
3. Taking
or attempting to take an examination for another student or allowing another
student to take or attempt to take an examination for oneself.
4. Using,
obtaining, or attempting to obtain by any means the whole or any part of an
unadministered examination.
B. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged
incorporation of another's work into work
which the student offers for credit.
C. Collusion is the unauthorized
collaboration of another in preparing work that a student offers for credit.
D. Other
types of academic dishonesty include
allowing another person to use your class-assigned omega computer account or
using the account for any purpose other than the work assigned in class,
stealing printouts from the ACS labs or students' disk, and similar offenses.
Notes:
1. The
use of the source code of another person's program, even temporarily, is
considered plagiarism.
2. Allowing
another person to use your source code, even temporarily, is considered collusion.
3. In
this class, the specific exceptions given below are not considered scholastically dishonest acts:
A. Discussion
of the algorithm and general programming techniques used to solve a problem
B. Giving
and receiving aid in debugging
C. Discussion
and comparison of program output
4. The
penalty assessed for cheating on a given assignment will be twice the weight of
the assignment and will include notification of the proper authorities as
stipulated in the UTA Handbook of Operating Procedures.
I have read and I understand the above statement.
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Student's name (printed):
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