Academic Integrity


Note: This policy does not exhaustively list all instances of academic plagiarism.

No form of cheating, whether on quizzes/exams or on programming assignments, will be tolerated. Assignments that are more similar than chance are considered instances of cheating. A student can neither share his/her code with another student nor use another programmer's code as his/her own (whether or not the programmer is a student at UNF). It is irrelevant whether s/he is the student to code (and share) or to copy. The exception to this rule is code provided by the instructor or in the course textbook.

Students may discuss solutions to problems in abstract/design terms only. Students are not to look at another student's code nor to work on programming assignments in groups. Students are not to debug another student's code. All programming work must be done independently. Exceptions include help obtained from the tutors available in the computer lab. Be aware that a tutor may not be familiar with the constraints of the course. Tutors are NOT to write code or to correct syntax errors. The purpose of a tutor is to identify conceptual problems and assist the student in figuring out his/her syntax errors.

Punishment will include a grade of F for the course, a recommendation for disciplinary action, and a notification of academic plagiarism placed in the student's file.

Please see the College policy on academic integrity:

http://www.unf.edu/ccec/cis/CSEhtml/CSEAcadIntegrity.html