CS/ECE 545 Academic Honesty

Collaboration is prohibited on exams and homework. Collaboration is required on projects. You may discuss homework problems with other students and faculty, but each student is responsible for writing up his/her own solution from scratch.

Violations of the collaboration policy on any assignment will result in a 0 for the assignment. Violations of the collaboration policy on any exam will result in a grade of NR or F for the course. All suspected cases of academic honesty will be referred to the Student Life Office, in accordance with WPI's academic honesty policy.

As examples, each of the following scenarios would constitute cheating (this list is not exhaustive!):

In constrast, the following scenarios would not constitute cheating:

If you are unsure whether an activity would constitute cheating, ask the professor.


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