CPSC 304 Policies

Late Assignment/Project Policy

Late assignments/project submissions will not be accepted, except in special circumstances (illness or severe personal/family problems), in which case the student has to contact the instructor.

Academic Conduct

Submitting the work of another person as your own (i.e. plagiarism) constitutes academic misconduct, as does communication with others (either as donor or recipient) in ways other than those permitted for assignments, project, quizzes/tests, and exams. Such actions will not be tolerated. Specifically, for this course, the rules are as follows:

• The project and the assignments are to be done alone or in a group as it is specified by their descriptions. You (or your group) may not, under any circumstances, submit any work not written by yourself (or the members of the group), use another student's work (this includes work from assignments/project completed in the past), or previous sample solutions, and you may not share your own work with others (outside your group). There is one exception: you may build your solutions on examples made available by the instructor or the TAs. All work for this course is required to be new work and cannot have been previously submitted to any other course nor can the work be submitted as part of an assignment in another course without the approval of all instructors involved.
• You may, however, and are in fact encouraged to, discuss the approach you used to solve a particular problem with your fellow students (other than those in your group), but you may not take any record away from such discussion. (So, erase all whiteboards, delete all e-mail, recycle all paper, etc.).
• You must spend at least an hour after the discussion and before working on your own submission doing something that is completely different than the assignment/project work (i.e. watching television ).
• You must acknowledge everyone with whom you had substantial discussions on your submission. You can not, without prior approval by the instructor, discuss the assignments/project with anyone other than your instructor, TAs and current CPSC 304 students.

Violations of these rules constitute very serious academic misconduct, and they are subject to penalties ranging from a grade of zero on a particular assignment to indefinite suspension from the University. More information on procedures and penalties can be found in the Department's Policy on Plagiarism and collaboration and in the University Calendar. If you are in any doubt about the interpretation of any of these rules, consult the instructor or a TA!

Additional Department and University Policies

In addition to policies on academic conduct there are additional department and university policies that members of the university community are required to adhere to. Links to descriptions of some of these policies can be on the Department's Policies page. You should also consult the UBC calendar for University wide polices.