There is no excuse for cheating and it is ridiculous that we should have to discuss it. With regard to homework, the problems are a learning tool and some discussion about general approaches may be beneficial. However, direct duplication of another student's homework will incur my wrath. If I find any cheating on an exam, I promise to impose the maximum penalty permitted by the University. There will be no excuses accepted and no second chances.
Copying previously published material is plagiarism .
I have delt severely with plagiarism in the past and I will not tolerate it in this course. The fourth day of University classes in a long-session semester is the last day of the official add and drop period. After this official period for adds and drops, all course changes must be initiated with the student's academic dean and must have the approval of a departmental advisor and the dean's representative. Drops in the College of Engineering are not automatic , but require strong justification, usually from an unforseeable and non-academic circumstance. In the next decade fiber optic systems and optoelectronic circuits will become coretech nologies for several key technical areas such as telecommunications, information processing, optical storage, and sensors.