If you and another student submit identical solutions, it will likely be considered plagiarism, with each of you receiving a zero on the assignment.Īs future engineers, it is critically important that you understand the difference between collaboration and plagiarism. If you do choose to work with others, you must always remember to submit your own solutions, using your own wording, notation, and presentation. Still, you may be allowed or even encouraged to study and work with classmates on such assignments. On other assignments (in fact, on most assignments in other classes, like in math and physics), you will be asked to complete the work individually. This semester’s 'Q' drop date is Friday, April, 27th.Īs engineering students, you will frequently have team assignments (projects, quizzes, and homework) where you will be required to collaborate with classmates and turn in a single group submission. (For new students, your Blinn College email address is of the form where # is the last 2 digits of your Blinn ID.) Students may access their student email account by entering myBLINN and clicking on the email icon near the top right corner. If a student is officially dropped from a class after the “Q” date, a grade of “QF” is assigned for the course. Should a student accumulate the equivalent of two weeks’ worth of unexcused absences, s/he will be administratively dropped from class. The following chart indicates two weeks’ worth of absences:Įxample: In this class, students will receive a notification via Blinn student email on their 2nd unexcused absence and will be dropped on their 4th unexcused absences.Īs stated in current college policy, if a student is officially dropped from a class on or prior to the “Q” date, a grade of “Q” is assigned for the course.