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Grading 40% final 25% midterms (2) 25% projects 5% hw 5% misc "Reasonable Person Principle" Let's all be "reasonable people" working on the same team to make this a great learning experience. The "Reasonable Person Principle" simply states that a reasonable request made in a reasonable fashion shall be reasonably handled by reasonable persons. Cheating vs. Collaboration Please read CSE's Academic Misconduct Policy, taken from our Undergraduate Handbook. Collaboration is a very good thing. On the other hand, cheating is considered a very serious offense. Please don't do it! Concern about cheating creates an unpleasant environment for everyone. If you cheat, you risk losing your position as a student in the department and the college. The department's policy on cheating is to report any cases to the college cheating committee. What follows afterwards is not fun - for anyone! So how do you draw the line between collaboration and cheating? A great one-sentence guideline is highlighted in our Academic Misconduct Policy: "In general, any activity you engage in for the purpose of earning credit while avoiding learning, or to help others do so, is likely to be an act of Academic Misconduct." Here are some additional groundrules that may be helpful: The Gilligan's Island Rule This rule says that you are free to meet with fellow student(s) and discuss assignments with them. Writing on a board or shared piece of paper is acceptable during the meeting; however, you should not take any written (electronic or otherwise) record away from the meeting. This applies when the assignment is supposed to be an individual effort or whenever two teams discuss common problems they are each encountering (inter-group collaboration). After the meeting, engage in a half hour of mind-numbing activity (like watching an episode of Gilligan's Island), before starting to work on the assignment. This will assure that you are able to reconstruct what you learned from the meeting, by yourself, using your own brain. The Freedom of Information Rule To assure that all collaboration is on the level, you must always write the name(s) of your collaborators on your assignment.

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