All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council (honor@colorado.edu; 303-725-2273).
All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council (honor@colorado.edu; 303-725-2273). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). Other information on the Honor Code can be found at
http://www.colorado.edu/policies/honor.html
and at
http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/
Specific examples of actions considered to be violations of the Honor Code in ATOC 1050 are listed below. This list should not be considered complete, and other actions may also violate the university Honor Code policy. All instances of Honor Code violations will be reported to the Honor Code Council. Anyone caught violating the honor code in this class will receive a final class grade of F. There are no exceptions to this policy.
Honor Code Violations – Exams
– copying answers for any portion of an exam from another student in ATOC 1050
– providing answers for any portion of an exam to another student in ATOC 1050
– taking an exam for another student or having another person take an exam for you
– using any outside materials (notes, study sheets, books, etc.) for assistance while taking an exam
– use of any electronic devices (including, but not limited to cell phones, laptop computers, ipods and MP3 players) during an exam
Honor Code Violations – Homework and Weather Notebooks
– copying any portion of a homework or weather notebook assignment from another student in ATOC 1050
– allowing another student in ATOC 1050 to copy any portion of your homework or weather notebook assignment (it is your responsibility to protect your work from being copied by other students – saying that you didn’t know that someone else had copied your assignment is not an acceptable excuse)
– submitting identical or nearly identical work for multiple assignments, particularly for weekly weather summaries or web site descriptions for the weather notebook assignments
– describing weather observations in your weekly weather summaries that you did not observe or that did not really occur
Honor Code Violations – Clickers
– use of another student’s clicker during class
– having another student use your clicker to answer questions for you