Honor Code Agreement

Each student of Oak Mountain Academy is called upon to support and defend the following Academic Code:

"Students are expected to do their own work. Plagiarism, cheating, or attempting to cheat on any school work may result in suspension or dismissal. Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work while claiming credit for the work as one’s own. It includes copying from published materials and the internet (cutting/pasting), as well as copying from another student’s homework, class work, etc. Plagiarizing will automatically result in a grade of zero on the work involved. Cheating or attempting to cheat on any quiz or test carries an automatic grade of zero on the work involved." --Student Handbook

In this class, this code will be strictly enforced. However, some clarification may assist students in recognizing violations of the Honor Code as they are more likely to occur in this class:

· Students are encouraged to work together and learn cooperatively in many classroom activities.

· The instructor will verbally inform students when classroom assignments and activities are designed to be cooperative in nature. Students are expected to share equally in the process and results of these kinds of activities.

· The instructor will verbally inform students when classroom activities are expected to be completed individually. There is to be no sharing of information in these activities.

· Unless otherwise stated, pop quizzes, quizzes and tests are always to be completed individually and without the use of any resource materials, including notes, texts, stuff written on the palm of your hand, etc. Electronic tools should be cleared of formulae, constants, etc, that have not been approved.

· Homework is always to be completed on an individual basis unless otherwise instructed.

· Students are allowed to assist their classmates in understanding homework assignments, but they should solve the specific assigned problems. Use similar problems that are not assigned to help "teach" the concepts to classmates.

· A particular problem in computer, science and math courses is the subject of labs. Students work together to obtain their data, but should not work together in developing analyses and conclusions as part of a lab assignment, unless otherwise stated by the instructor.

Name: __________________________________ Class: _______________________

Signature: ________________________________ Date: ________________________