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Statement of Authorship
- For many of your programming assignments, your professor will require you to put a statement of authorship into your code
- This is a reminder to yourself and a declaration to others that the work you submit is your own work, and that you have not shared it with anyone else
- This is an important commitment to the integrity of your assignment submissions
- The standard statement of authorship is: "I Student Name, student number 123456789, certify that this material is my original work. No other person's work has been used without due acknowledgement and I have not made my work available to anyone else."
Plagiarism
- Whenever you use material obtained from written or online references, you must reference the source properly (using footnotes or bibliography and by identifying your reference in your assignment)
- Failure to properly reference material will lead to a charge of academic dishonesty for plagiarism
- If you are not sure of the proper way to reference material, be sure to talk to your professor
Due Dates
Your professor will assign you problems that have a due date, along with penalties for failing to meet the due date. (Specifics are contained in our course outlines)
Due dates are important for several reasons:
- They help you to learn how to manage your time, a necessary skill in the workplace where you will often find yourself juggling several tasks at once
- They help you to learn how to discipline and pace yourself
- Much of the work you will do "on the job" is time bounded and this will give you practice in meeting strict deadlines (employers demand such skills)
- Assignments are often "additive", that is they build on each other
For these reasons you must adhere to assignment due dates. If unforeseen problems arise, discuss them with your professor on or before the due date.
Assignments provide you with an opportunity to apply your knowledge and demonstrate your understanding of various topics and techniques - both to yourself and to your professor. Time spent on assignments is, therefore, a vital part of the learning process. Your career, work terms and (let's get right to it) tests will benefit from the effort.
Submission & Pick-up
- Normally, you'll hand in assignments to your professor during class on the due date
- Alternatively, your professor may permit you to deposit them in locker E1200, just outside room E134. All material deposited must be identified with your NAME, CLASS NUMBER and the NAME OF THE INSTRUCTOR WHO IS TO RECEIVE IT.
- Your professor will hand back marked assignments and tests in class
Furthermore, due to problems of security and privacy:
- You should not attempt to put an assignment on your professor's desk
- You should not attempt to pick up an assignment or test from your professor's desk
While we don't want to limit access to your professor, we have a large student body and cannot have students "wandering" around our offices and rummaging through professors' desks. Our office doors are normally locked. Please use the phone provided to contact your professor.
All of the foregoing may seem somewhat severe; however, due to the arrangement of our office space, we must insist on these rules. We have had some unfortunate incidents involving materials and privileged information disappearing and therefore feel that the above guidelines must be adhered to. We want our department to be as open as possible to students without compromising security - please help us avoid any problems. |