These guidelines concern the type of incidents where a student presents another's work as his or her own, or allows another to do so.

1. As academic fraud invalidates the evaluation of a student's progress, it is the duty of instructors, teaching assistants, and laboratory assistants to take measures to prevent fraud and to be vigilant towards symptoms of fraud.
2. Students are encouraged to study together. But, unless the contrary is indicated, submitted work is to be done by students individually.
• The sharing of program code electronically or by other means is forbidden unless specifically approved in advance by the course instructor.
• Students are to collaborate on submitted work only when this is explicitly permitted by the instructor. In such a case, the names of all students who have collaborated on a piece of submitted work should be indicated on all submitted material.
• As in all academic endeavour, due credit must be given to all reference material. Students should consult the course instructor if they are not certain which outside material is appropriate for use in a course.
• The collaboration is to involve reasonable effort on the part of all students involved. In a situation where this is clearly not the case, appropriate action will be taken with regard to those students who have not fully contributed to the collaborative effort.
3. In case an violation of academic integrity is detected, credit is withheld from the work affected. The students involved are reported to the Department Chair who may take additional disciplinary action commensurate with the severity of the incident and the past records of the students. Actions that may be taken include: no marks for the piece of work; failure in the course; or, in repeat cases, withdrawal from the program or the University.