Statement of Ethics

Student Confirmation

Thefollowing is an excerpt from the College of Engineering's statement on Ethics,Professionalism, and Conduct of Engineering Students. The notes aremodifications appropriate for Computer Science and Engineering courses. Readthe statement carefully, sign it, and return it to your instructor. A copy ofthe original policy is available for examination in the Computer Science andEngineering office. Additional copies of this statement can be obtained fromyour instructor or the CSE office.

Statement on Ethics, Professionalism, andConduct of Engineering Students

College of Engineering

The University of Texas at Arlington

The College cannot andwill 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. Cheatingon an examination includes:

1. Copyingfrom another's paper, any means of communication with another during anexamination, giving aid to or receiving aid from another during an examination;

2. Usingany material during an examination that is unauthorized by the proctor;

3. Takingor attempting to take an examination for another student or allowing anotherstudent 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 anunadministered examination.

B. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged incorporation of another'swork into work which the studentoffers for credit.

C. Collusion is the unauthorized collaboration of another inpreparing work that a student offers for credit.

D. Othertypes of academic dishonestyinclude allowing another person to use your class-assigned omega computeraccount or using the account for any purpose other than the work assigned inclass, stealing printouts from the ACS labs or students' disk, and similaroffenses.

Notes:

1. Theuse of the source code of another person's program, even temporarily, isconsidered plagiarism.

2. Allowinganother person to use your source code, even temporarily, is considered collusion.

3. Inthis class, the specific exceptions given below are not considered scholastically dishonest acts:

A. Discussionof the algorithm and general programming techniques used to solve a problem

B. Givingand receiving aid in debugging

C. Discussionand comparison of program output

4. Thepenalty assessed for cheating on a given assignment will be twice the weight ofthe assignment and will include notification of the proper authorities asstipulated in the UTA Handbook of Operating Procedures.

I have read and Iunderstand the above statement.

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