Academic Integrity

AI is Your Responsibility!

The rules contained herein are based on the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity and the Department of Computer Science Code of Academic Integrity. You must read and understand those documents in their entirety, as well as the adaptations specific to CS211 that are detailed below.
You are responsible for understanding and abiding by these policies. It is no defense to say that you did not understand them, or that it was not done this way in another course. If you are ever in doubt, ask.

Each assignment will specify whether you may work with a partner or partners, and if so, how many. For assignments that allow partners, only one assignment with all names is submitted.
You may discuss homework problems with other students at a high level. That is, you may discuss general approaches to a problem, high-level algorithm design, and the general structure of code. However, you may not share written code with any other students except your own partner, nor may you possess code written by another student who is not your partner, either in whole or in part, regardless of format.
You may not remove your partner's name from an assignment unless you do not use each other's work.
Unless otherwise posted, you must follow the rules for partners listed on the Course Info page.
When you are allowed to use additional resources such as textbook examples or supplied code, you must credit those sources.
When applicable, the programs and other work that you submit must generate the indicated output and/or results.
Your name must not appear on more than one submission.

...please contact a member of the course staff immediately. This is not a competition between students vs. faculty. We are all working together toward the same goal, to maximize the value of your educational experience. Violations of academic integrity only hinder this process. There is no honor in it, nor in protecting it. Your information will be held in the strictest confidence and you will not be asked to testify against your peers at an AI hearing.

Penalties for violations are assessed on a case-by-case basis. The penalty will usually be a grade penalty. It may be a point reduction, a zero on the homework or exam, a grade reduction in the course, or failure in the course, depending on severity. Repeated offenses will be referred to the Academic Integrity Hearing Board of the College of Engineering and may result in suspension or expulsion from Cornell.
If you are suspected of a violation, we will send an email notification. If your online listing shows a local address, we will mail an additional hardcopy of the notification. Refer to CIT's website http://whoiam.cornell.edu/ for updating your local address.