We highly encourage students to get together in small groups to go over material from the lectures and text, work problems from the text, study for exams, etc. However, work to be turned in, including programming assignments, must be done independently, unless we explicitly designate an assignment as one in which collaboration is allowed.

As explained in the student handbook, this means that the work you turn in must represent only your own work. It must not be based on help from others or information obtained from sources other than those approved by the instructors (e.g., the text, web pages linked from the course web page, and materials provided in lecture). Effective learning is compromised when this is not the case.

Accordingly, you should never read or copy another student's code or solutions, exchange computer files, or share your code or solutions with anyone else in the class until after the assignment is due. Under no circumstances may you use solutions or code found via the internet or hand in work done by, or in collaboration with, someone else under your own name, with the exception that you may freely use any code that we provide to you or code from the textbook, as long as you cite this code as coming from the instructors or the book. Additionally, the student mentors are allowed to help you with your code. Identical, or nearly identical, submissions will be considered conclusive evidence of plagarism.

Failure to abide by these rules is considered plagiarism. Violations are easy to identify and will be dealt with promptly. The first offense typically results in failure in the course. A second offense is automatically referred to the College's Board of Academic Discipline. See the Academic Honesty Policy in the Student Handbook for further information. Please do not put us, yourself, or anyone else in this unpleasant situation. Contact the instructor if you have questions about what is appropriate collaboration.

1. To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact Dean Collins-Eaglin


2. The Quantitative Skills Center is a new learning center dedicated to supporting quantitative skill development for Pomona students. The QSC offers free group and individual study sessions facilitated by our QSC Fellows. We offer a number of course-specific study sessions, but you can also meet with a Fellow to review specific topics (for example: exponential and logarithmic functions, single and multivariate equations, balancing chemical equations, basic statistical analyses, etc.) used in a wide variety of courses. To find out more details and sign up for a study session, please visit www.pomona.edu/qsc.


3. The Writing Center (on the ground floor of Smith Campus Center across from the Living Room) offers students free, one-on-one consultations at any stage of the writing process - from generating a thesis and structuring an argument to fine-tuning a draft. We also work with students on all aspects of oral presentations. The Writing Fellows - Pomona students majoring in subjects including Economics, Computer Science, English, and History - will work with you on an assignment from any discipline. Consultations are available by appointment, which you can make online: writing.pomona.edu. The Writing Center also offers drop-in hours Sundays through Thursdays from 8-10pm.