Academic Integrity
POSTED: 23 July 2024

  • Academic Integrity

    • UCSD has rules on academic integrity. In essence, you are supposed to work alone, unless stated otherwise. In general, on homeworks and tests, you are ALWAYS supposed to use your own wording. On tests, you are ALWAYS supposed to work on your own and not consult your neighbor or devices other than specified by your instructor.

  • UCSD's Definition of Academic Misconduct

    Unless the instructor tells you otherwise, the following rules apply:
    • Complete all academic assignments by yourself
    • Don't use aids during an exam
    • Acknowledge and cite source material in your papers or assignments
    • Don't alter a graded exam and submit for regrade
    • Don't copy another student's assignment, in part or in total, and submit it as your own work
    • If you're unsure about how to complete an academic assignment with integrity, talk to your instructor or teaching assistant

  • What does this all mean for SIO15 students?

    • classroom:
    • students respect each other as well as the instructors
    • students coming early chose a seat toward the middle of a row
    • students refrain from talking after the instructor started the lecture
    • students coming late enter the classroom through one of the doors in the back; they will chose a seat quietly and do not disrupt the ongoing lecture
    • interrupting an ongoing class by coming late, entering through the front door, being noisy, walking across the front so that the instructor has to walk around the late student is rude and disrespectful; such behavior will not be tolerated
    • disruptive students may be asked to leave the classroom
    • repeat offenders will be reported to UCSD

    pop quizzes:
    • write ONLY your own pop quizzes! Writing and submitting a quiz for someone else is cheating and will be reported to UCSD
    • you must come to the entire lecture to be eligible for a pop quiz credit
    • coming to the classroom at the end of the lecture to submit a quiz is considered cheating and credits will be voided; repeat offenders will be reported to UCSD
    • a student ID is required when you submit your pop quiz
    • only one popquiz per student is accepted; if you have to leave 10 min early, TAs near the doors will accept your popquiz; DO NOT GIVE IT TO A FELLOW STUDENT, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUBMIT IT!

    homeworks:
    • work alone! you may ask your fellow students for advice but you must write your own answers, using your own words!
    • sharing the workload of a homework or field trip assignment violates SIO15 Code of Conduct: e.g. 6 people work on 6 problems together, each does one problem and the others copy the answer; THIS IS NOT PERMITTED! THIS IS CHEATING!
    • do not copy and paste from a webpage, use your own words!
    • when writing answers using sources other than the class website, provide clear and complete citations (e.g. Newspaper article, website). Points will be taken off, if you do not provide a reference, and answers differ from the material on the class website; this includes clear reference to AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and other tool
    • do not present web material, anybody else's material or AI material as your own work
    • do not complete homework for other students
    • copied homeworks will be given 0 points; repeat incidents will be reported to UCSD

    field trips:
    • respect your tour guide! your cell phone should be turned off during the beachwalk
    • for the beachwalk, be at the SIO Pier at least 10 min BEFORE the start time or you will be locked out
    • on field trips (beachwalk and aquarium), do not use last year's answer sheet; do not Google answers; out of respect to the tour guide, your cell phone should be turned off during the beachwalk
    • suspect offenders will be given 0 credit, even if we suspect that only one answer was copied; offenders will be reported to UCSD
    • do not complete other people's assignments
    • copied field trip assignments will be given 0 points, even if we suspect that only one answer was copied; incidents will be reported to UCSD

    tests:
    • there will be multiple versions of the test; you will be responsible to bubble in the correct version into the scantron and that the scantron ends up on the corresponding pile
    • do not read your neighbor's test answers
    • do not show your test to someone else
    • repeat offenders will be asked to leave, given 0 points and reported to UCSD

  • Academic Integrity Office at UCSD
  • png document on UCSD Academic Integrity: Undergraduate Essentials