You may discuss problem sets together but you must write them up separately and in your own words . Points may be deducted from problem sets that are found to have similar answers, regardless of who obtained those answers from whom. If you find someone else who has a nearly identical answer but received more credit than you, we will not necessarily raise your grade. That person may have received more than they deserved and the proper action would be for us to lower that person's grade. Term papers must be written in your own words.
Extensive quotations make for a very poor paper.
You may not resubmit a term paper, in whole or part, that you submitted in a previous semester or that was written by someone else. Such resubmissions are plagiarism and will be prosecuted under the honor system. You may not work together with anyone on an individual term paper. If you are writing a group term paper, you may work together only with the 1 or 2 other members of your group. Term papers may not be written on objects that are part of the course syllabus or the other semester of How Things Work.