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 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.

Regular problems

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 200% (very likely) of your assignment grade; this decision is left entirely up to me.
Example 1:
Students A and B have been found to illegally collaborate on 1 problem on an assignment that contains 5 problems and whose total weight is 4% of the course final grade. Their grade for this assignment  will then be  between 2% and -4 [minus four] %. If violation is indeed 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 2% and 0%, i.e. in the higher range.
Example 2:
Students C and D (or another Student E) have been found to commit academic violation of any sort on 2 problems on the same assignment. Their grade for this assignment will be -4 [minus four] %. (To clarify: this is a negative amount added to the final grade, equivalently bringing it down by 8 %.)

   - In case of the second violation, I will recommend that the student(s) be given an XF for the course. This will occur regardless of how minor the violation is (e.g., even if it is only on one problem).

    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. 


Extra credit problems

Sanctions for these are described in  Instructions for doing an Extra credit assignment.