The Computer Science department adheres to the campus policy
on Academic Honesty, pg. 80 of the 2005/2007 catalog:
"When a faculty member discovers a violation of the
university's policy of acdemic integrity and implements an
academic sanction (grade penalty) for that violation, the
faculty member is required to notify the CSUB Coordinator of
Student Discipline & Judicial Affairs of the alleged violation.
This notification must include the name(s) of the students(s)
suspected, the class in which the alleged violation occurred,
and the circumstances of the alleged violation, and the
evidence (including names of witnesses) supporting the allegation.
The faculty member shall also formally notify the student(s)
suspected of violating the university's policy of academic integrity,
the department chair, and the school dean. The Coordinator for
SD&FA shall conduct an investigation, confer with the faculty member,
student(s), and any witnesses identified, and review all evidence
submitted by the faculty member and student(s). Normally, the Coordinator
for SD&JA shall schedule a formal hearing during which the evidence of
the alleged violation shall be presented before an impartial Hearing
Officer and the student shall present his/her explanation/defense. The
Hearing Officer shall make a formal report to the President presenting
his/her findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
"
Violations of academic honesty in the Computer Science
program include the following, although this is not a complete
list:
- Using any form of notes during a closed notes exam.
- Copying or any other form of getting or giving assistance
from another student during any quiz or exam.
- Using code or written material that is copied verbatim from
some other source and calling it your own. This includes
downloading papers or solutions to homework off the Internet,
purchasing assistance, obtaining copies of solution manuals for
instructors, obtaining copies of previous year's homework
solutions, or copying another student's written work or code.
This also includes copying written material without citing it
properly.
- Submitting the same paper in multiple courses without prior
approval.
Submitting another student's work is cheating unless you are
EXPLICITLY told you may do so by the instructor (i.e. group
projects). If for some reason we cannot determine who copied
from whom, we may, at our discretion, give failing grades to
both students. It is the responsibility of all computer science
students to take reasonable precautions to safeguard their own
code by setting permissions on source directories to 700.
Academic honesty extends to computer use. All students are
expected to adhere to the department's Acceptable Use Policy.
