Draft Course Honor Code Language for Faculty

Faculty members who are constructing course syllabi may find the following language useful. The Ethics Coordinator values additional thoughts or similar language to cover other circumstances beyond those identified here.

These are draft policies, not requirements, and may be revised to best fit specific courses.

Homework Policy:

Collaboration is permitted on homework. You may discuss the means and methods for formulating and solving problems and even compare answers, but you are not free to copy someone else’s assignment. Copying material from any resource (including solutions manuals) and submitting it as one’s own is considered plagiarism and is an Honor Code violation.

Exam Policy:

Examinations will be closed book except for TBD crib sheets, and collaboration is not permitted. Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will receive an “F” for the course and will be reported to the Honor Code Office for further punitive action.

Computational Assignments Policy:

Collaboration is permitted on the computational assignments only where specifically identified as such. When collaboration is permitted you may discuss the means and methods for formulating and solving problems and even compare answers, but you are not free to copy someone else’s work. Copying material from any resource (including code from another student or online) and submitting it as one’s own is considered plagiarism and is an Honor Code violation.

Lab Policy:

You will work in groups to collect the data, but will submit an individual report. Collaboration is permitted on the experimental laboratory work. You may discuss the means and methods for collecting and analyzing the data and even compare answers, but you are not free to copy someone else’s work. Copying material from any resource (including post-processing or analysis code) and submitting it as one’s own is considered plagiarism and is an Honor Code violation.

Honor Code:

All students enrolled in a University of Colorado Boulder course are responsible for knowing and adhering to the Honor Code. Violations of the policy may include: plagiarism, cheating, fabrication, lying, bribery, threat, unauthorized access to academic materials, clicker fraud, submitting the same or similar work in more than one course without permission from all course instructors involved, and aiding academic dishonesty. All incidents of academic misconduct will be reported to the Honor Code (honor@colorado.edu ); 303-492-5550). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to nonacademic sanctions from the Honor Code as well as academic sanctions from the faculty member. Additional information regarding the Honor Code academic integrity policy can be found at the  Honor Code Office website .