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Although the rules we state are quite clear, every year there are students who seem to be able to give them a deviating interpretation. So here we provide extra explanation.

---++ Being present at the practical exercises
We think it is an extremely good idea if  students participate in the practical exercises, because experience has shown that this increases the chances of passing the exams enourmously. On the other hand we are an academic institution and we want to give students also the possibility to study in other ways, if they think this is more effective. But if you think that your own approach is far more effective  we expect you not to treat us as a gambling machine, where you can repeat your exam over and over again, and to require us to mark your exams and get frustrated by seeing what is handed in, just until you pass. So you can take part in the extended seating (herkansing) if your mark for the final exam is at least a 4, or if you decide not to come or to hand in. The best investment timewise you can make at this point is to read some of the [[http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/bin/view/FP/AdviesVanStudenten][advice students from who took this course in previous years]] have giving you in their final evaluation of the course.

---++ Working together

For the hand-in programming exercises you are allowed to work together, provided you *both* can demonstrate to have provided a significant contribution, and *both* fully understand what has been handed in. Conclusion: choose a partner who you can trust, since you will also be hold responsible if he does not understand what you have handed in together.

---++ Cheating (from [[http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~andygill/teaching/EECS700/syllabus.php]])

Academic misconduct of any kind will automatically result in a 0 score on the homework, lab, project, or exam in question and your actions will be reported to the exam committee. Your homework, exams and projects must be individually prepared according to the rules stated above. Posting your assignments to language discussion lists, or giving it to others, is considered academic misconduct. Automated mechanisms are available for checking the originality of source code. Please spend your time trying to solve assigned problems rather than trying to get around the system.

If you hand in an exercise you have made with a partner, then make sure that your partner fully understands what has been handed in. We take the liberty to occasionally question individuals about the handed in exercises, and to lower the marks given to both partners if we find out one of them cannot properly explain how the handed in code works.


-- Main.DoaitseSwierstra - 10 Sep 2011