Should any part of this policy be unclear or should you have any questions about how you are allowed to collaborate you are strongly encouraged to contact your professor.
The use of Large Language Models, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, and other AI-based text and/or code generation tools, is strictly prohibited throughout the course except when explicitly allowed by the instructors. Beyond the use of AI, we ask that you do not use any extensions or software that may assist you in writing code. If you have any questions, please email us at cs024@caltech.edu.
| You may use the following resources: | Projects | Exams |
|---|---|---|
| Course textbook (including answers in the back) | YES | NO |
| Course handouts | YES | NO |
| Other books | YES | NO |
| Your notes (taken in class) | YES | NO |
| Class notes of others, copied by hand or summarized | YES | NO |
| Direct copies (such as photocopies, pictures, scans, printouts) of class notes of others | YES | NO |
| Your returned assignments from this instance of the course | YES | NO |
| Code you wrote in a previous instance of the course | NO | NO |
| Solutions to assignments / exams from previous years | NO | NO |
| Solutions to assignments / exams from the current year, distributed by the instructor | NO | NO |
| Consult material posted publicly on the course forum (e.g. Piazza or other) | YES | NO |
| Post questions about problems on the course forum (e.g. Piazza or other), provided the question does not reveal a partial solution | YES | NO |
| Consult online resources such as Wikipedia | YES | NO |
| Consult existing material on online sources such as question/answer forums | NO | NO |
| Post questions about problems on online sources such as question/answer forums | NO | NO |
| For coding assignments, you may: | Projects | Exams |
|---|---|---|
| Look at code written by other students in the class | NO | NO |
| Look at code found in online repositories, or written by former students in the class | NO | NO |
| Look at code written by anyone not in your group (including online resources or textbooks) | NO | NO |
| Help other students debug their code | NO | NO |
| Ask a non-student to help debug your code | NO | NO |
| Use an external library, as long as it does not provide a direct solution | NO | NO |
| Discuss high-level problems with others in small groups | YES | NO |
| Look at communal materials, such as a group discussion performed on a white board, while writing up your solution | NO | NO |
| Write code without all your group members present (virtually or otherwise) | YES | YES |
| Look at another student’s or group’s completed solution | NO | NO |