Faculty of Science statement on academic dishonesty
The Faculty of Science and The University of Manitoba regard acts of academic dishonesty in quizzes, tests, examinations, laboratory reports or assignments as serious offences and may assess a variety of penalties depending on the nature of the offence.
Acts of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to bringing unauthorized materials into a test or exam, copying from another individual, using answers provided by tutors, plagiarism, and examination personation.
Note: cell phones, pagers, PDAs, MP3 units or electronic translators are explicitly listed as unauthorized materials, and must not be present during tests or examinations.
Penalties that may apply, as provided for under the University of Manitoba's Student Discipline ByLaw, range from a grade of zero for the assignment or examination, failure in the course, to expulsion from the University. The Student Discipline ByLaw may be accessed at:
umanitoba.ca/admin/governance/governing_documents/students/868.htm
Suggested minimum penalties assessed by the Faculty of Science for acts of academic dishonesty are available on the Faculty of Science webpage:
umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/resources/Discipline__Penalties_Table_Jul09.pdf
All Faculty members (and their teaching assistants) have been instructed to be vigilant and report all incidents of academic dishonesty to the Head of the Department.
Examinations: Personations (University of Manitoba Undergraduate Calendar, p. 27)
A student who arranges for another individual to undertake or write any nature of examination for and on his/her behalf, as well as the individual who undertakes or writes the examination, will be subject to discipline under the university’s Student Discipline Bylaw, which could lead to suspension or expulsion from the university. In addition, the Canadian Criminal Code treats the personation of a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held at a university as an offence punishable by summary conviction. Section 362 of the Code provides:
Personation at Examination
362. Every one who falsely, with intent to gain advantage for him/herself or some other person, personates a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held under the authority of law or in connection with a university, college or school or who knowingly avails him/herself of the results of such personation is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. 1953 54,c.51,s.347.
Both the personator and the individual who avails him/herself of the personation could be found guilty. Summary conviction could result in a fine being levied or up to two years of imprisonment.
Plagiarism and Cheating (University of Manitoba Undergraduate Calendar, p. 27)
To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one’s own. In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Obviously it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, but students are expected to acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources. To provide adequate documentation is not only an indication of academic honesty but also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with ease. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism. It will also be considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies the answer or answers of another student in any test, examination, or take home assignment.
Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations or term tests (e.g., crib notes) is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or university). A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.
Fine Print
Important note from the Dean of Science
It is your responsibility to insure that you are entitled to be registered in this course. This means that you have:
• the appropriate prerequisites as noted in the calendar description, or have permission from the instructor to waive these prerequisites;
• not previously taken, or are concurrently registered in, this course and another that has been identified as “not to be held with” in the course description. For example, PHYS 1030 cannot be held for credit with PHYS 1410 or PHYS 1420 (or the former 016.120).
The registration system may have allowed you to register in this course, but it is your responsibility to check. If you are not entitled to be in this course, you will be withdrawn, or the course may not be used in your degree program. There will be no fee adjustment. This is not appealable. Please be sure to read the course description for this and every course in which you are registered.
Phys1020 General Physics I
A survey of classical mechanics and thermodynamics
Fall 2021