Academic Dishonesty
Since all of the formal lab reports are done on the computer, the potential exists for students to copy all or parts of other students' work. ANY EVIDENCE OF CHEATING WILL AUTOMATICALLY REDUCE YOUR ENTIRE MODULE 2 MARK TO ZERO, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO REPEAT APSC100 NEXT (ACADEMIC) YEAR.
What do we call cheating?
- Using all or part of your partner's report.
(your data will be the same but all of the analysis including Excel tables and plots must be done individually)
- Handing in someone else's report with your name on it.
- Copying any section or part of a section from another student's report.
- Using another student's data.
- Using your partner's data when you didn't come to the lab. Attendance will be taken at all labs. If you miss a lab due to illness or other (legitimate) reasons, you must see Aphra Rogers to get an excused absence, otherwise you will have to make up the lab in a different time slot.
- NOTE: IF YOU LEND YOUR WORK TO SOMEONE ELSE AND IT IS COPIED THEN YOU ARE ALSO GUILTY OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY. SO, DO NOT LEND OR BORROW WORK TO/FROM OTHER STUDENTS!!
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Procedures for dealing with Academic Dishonesty in APSC100
Preface: The penalty for copying all or part of another students work in APSC100 Module 2 is to repeat Module 2 again the following academic year. A letter regarding the copying incident will also be placed in the student’s file in the Applied Science Office. Students are made well aware of this penalty at the beginning of the term -
- It is in the lab manual on page 6
- It is on the website
- It is emphasized (heavily) in the co-ordination lecture at the beginning of Module 2.
- It is further emphasized in the first regular lab session of Module 2.
- Students sign a statement on the front of each Formal Report stating that they have not copied the Report "in whole or part".
The procedure for identifying and dealing with Academic Dishonesty (defined as copying all or part of another student's formal lab report) is as follows:
1) All formal reports (labs 1, 3 and 6) are uploaded by students to the APSC100 website during the fall and winter terms.
2) After all of the formal reports have been uploaded at the end of term, reports are crosschecked with those of students in first year and upper years. Reports with a large number of similarities are printed out in hardcopy for manual comparison.
3) When the results of the crosschecking are concluded, students potentially involved in an alleged copying incident are sent an email by the Module 2 co-ordinator. This email requests the student's comments (within one week) in response to the alleged copying incident. It will also direct them to the APSC100 Academic Dishonesty procedures posted on the APSC100 website.
4) At this stage students may request to view the formal reports involved in the alleged copying incident. The review of the reports must be done under supervision.
5) A week after step 3 is complete, the APSC100 co-ordination committee convenes a preliminary meeting to consider the evidence for all alleged copying incidents. A comparison of the reports (hardcopy) is considered along with the response of each student. A decision is made as to whether to proceed with, or drop, allegations of academic dishonesty for each student.
6) Students that are cleared of alleged copying charges are sent an email to this effect. Students that remain under suspicion for copying are sent an email containing:
a. details regarding the copying incident, specifically the report in question, and the approximate percentage of 'word-for-word' copying in each section of the report,
b. the stated penalty for Academic Dishonesty in APSC100.
c. Information regarding their rights according to Applied Science Academic Dishonesty procedures, specifically:
i. their right (upon giving due notice) to meet with the APSC100 co-ordination committee at a meeting to be held a week after step 5 is complete,
ii. their right (upon giving due notice) to representation at this meeting. It should be noted that the meeting will not be scheduled according to the availability of the representative. Students are asked to respond to this email within one week (although they are under no obligation to do so).
7) In the week following the completion of step 5, the APSC100 co-ordination committee will meet to consider all of the evidence, including the formal reports and all email responses from each student. As noted in 6(i) and 6(ii) above, the student may be present (with representation if desired) at this meeting.The decision regarding penalties (if any) is made during this meeting.
8) Students are notified of the decision of the APSC100 co-ordination committee:
a. Students found
not guilty of Academic Dishonesty will be notified of this in writing.
b. Students who are found
guilty of Academic Dishonesty are notified in writing of the decision of the APSC100 co-ordination committee. In the letter the penalty is stated, and students are told of their right to appeal this decision. They are also told that to begin an appeal they must contact the Appeals Committee through the Faculty Office and are referred to the First Year Program Associate for advice on the appeal process.
