Policy on Academic Integrity

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

The University of Maryland at College Park

The following is a verbatim copy of Chemical & Biomoleculare Engineering's policy on academic integrity. (Materials enclosed in parentheses applies specifically to Nam Sun Wang's class.)
  1. Violations of the Code of Academic Integrity will not be tolerated. All suspected cases will be reported immediately to the Student Honor Council. Cases will not be negotiated between faculty members and students, but will be directed to the Student Honor Council for resolution. The standard penalty for violations of the Code of Academic Integrity is a grade of "XF."
  2. Professors may prohibit the use of personal calculators during examinations. If calculators are needed, they will then be provided by the professor. (Personal calculators are permitted in Nam Sun Wang's quizzes and examinations. Do not transmit or receive signals from others.)
  3. Graded examinations will be routinely xeroxed and filed. Cases of students who alter graded examinations and present such for regrading are reviewed by the Office of Judicial Programs, not the Student Honor Council. The standard penalty for such cases is suspension from the University.
  4. All work submitted for grading is to be the original work of the student whose name is on the work. This includes all homework, all research papers, all lab reports, and all computer programs. (If you so choose, you may discuss homework assignments with classmates, but the final work must be of individual effort. No copying from others.)
  5. "Plagiarism" will be interpreted in its broadest sense: ideas from others must be referenced; words from others must be in quotation marks and referenced. Paraphrasing without referencing will be considered plagiarism.
  6. The same work cannot be submitted for credit in two different courses without the written permission of both instructors.
  7. The UMCP's Code of Academic Integrity is here. Students are responsible for knowing and understanding the content of the Code. The first examination in each undergraduate course in the Department may include one question about the Code of Academic Integrity.
  8. Falsification of excuses for missed work will not be tolerated, and will be treated as cases of academic dishonesty. Excuses for illness must be signed by a physician. (Do not tell me your poor mother died again. No one, perhaps with the exception of cats, according to some, has nine lives.)       :(
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