SanctionsForAcademicViolations

Sanctions for violations of academic integrity

I reserve the right to ask any student to explain to me their solution of any problem on any of the assignments.
I may do so either one on one, or during a lecture in front of the whole class.
The decision as to how I will ask the student is entirely up to me.
If I want to ask the student one on one, I will email them and give the student
either 6 hours (if my email is sent before 2 pm) or until 10 am the following morning to respond.
If I do not receive a response within that time period, I will refer the student to the Center for Student Conduct.: The students are also expected to provide their exam prepration sheets to the instructor upon request.

All exams and Regular quizzes

Violations of academic integrity will be referred by me to the Center for Student Conduct (CSC). I will follow the rules described below in recommending to the CSC a penalty to be imposed to the parties involved. The CSC ultimately decides whether to follow my recommendation or not.

- The first time that I detect collaboration on (even part of) an assignment, I will impose the penalty from 50% (very unlikely) to 150% (very likely) of your assignment grade; this decision is left entirely up to me.
Example 1:
Students A and B have been found to collaborate on 1 problem in a midterm. Their grade for this midterm will be between 7% (50% of the total of 14%) of the final course grade and -7% [minus seven percent] of the final course grade. If violation is detected only in 1 problem, and all other problems clearly show the students' own work, I may (but am not under any obligation to) consider assigning the grade between 0 and 7%, i.e. in the higher range.
Example 2:
Student C has been found to use outside help on 2 problems on a midterm. This student's grade for this midterm will be -7% [minus seven percent] of the final course grade.

- In case of the second violation, I will recommend that the student(s) be given an XF for the course.

If the instance of violation involves more than one person, then all people involved in this instance will be given the same penalty. This rule will not be changed under any circumstances.

Projects and Extra credit problems

Sanctions for these are described in the respective files:
My Policy on Projects and Instructions for doing an Extra credit assignment.

Lecture notes with your markings (a.k.a. the Extra credit 1b (easy))

If a student submits a scan of notes of which even one page reresents the work of another person, then:

For the first offense, all involved parties will receive a 1% reduction of their final course grade. Since the violation is relatively minor, I will not report it to the CSC. However, if an involved party has any objection to this decision, I will refer the case to the CSC and let them decide.
The second violation will be reported to the CSC, and all involved parties will receive a 3.5% reduction of their final course grade.
For a third violation, I will request that the student be given the grade of XF for the course.