CS 2130

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CS 2130

• Presentation 03
• Academic Misconduct

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Academic Honesty

• It is expected that (unless specific instructions
  to the contrary are given) all student
  submissions will be individual efforts.
• All required coursework that is submitted for
  evaluation in this academic course becomes the
  property of the Georgia Institute of Technology,
  and is subject to review for evidence of academic
  misconduct. If such evidence is discovered,
  then the offending students will be referred to
  the Dean of Students for investigation.

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Academic Misconduct

• Section XVIII.C. of the Student Rules and
  Regulations defines academic misconduct as "any
  act that does or could improperly distort student
  grades or other student records."
• Among the list of items that are cited in this
  section are the following

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Academic Misconduct

• 1. Possessing, using or exchanging improperly
  acquired written or verbal information in the
  preparation of an essay, laboratory report,
  examination, or other assignment included in the
  academic course.
• 3. Submission of material that is wholly or
  substantially identical to that created or
  published by another person or persons, without
  adequate credit notations indicating the
  authorship (plagiarism).

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Academic Honesty

• In layman's terms, this means that if any student
  receives or provides any information that would
  enable himself/herself or any other person to
  complete an assignment or examination that is not
  wholly the work of the person submitting that
  assignment or examination, then that student is
  in violation of the academic honor code of
  Georgia Tech. This includes copying published
  material from any source, whether written or
  electronic.

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Academic Honesty

• To prevent problems in this area, make sure that
  all assignment solutions that you submit are
  properly cited (this includes homeworks). If you
  copied the answer from a book ("any" book), then
  cite it. If you got the information from a web
  page, then cite it. If you got it from your class
  notes, then cite it. As long as appropriate
  citations are given, then the worst thing that
  will happen to you if you copy from an
  "unapproved" source is that you will get a 0
  (ZERO) on the assignment. If you copy material
  and do not cite it, then you will be reported to
  the Dean of Students on suspicion of academic
  misconduct.

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Academic Honesty

• Any such incidents will be dealt with
  accordingly, and penalties for conviction can be
  severe - up to and including notice of academic
  misconduct on a transcript, failure in the
  academic course, expulsion from the College of
  Computing, expulsion from Georgia Tech, and
  community service.

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