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• the academic coordinating the course for which the prerequisite is required<br />
agrees.<br />
In this case<br />
• only one prerequisite can be waived in an academic year, <strong>and</strong><br />
• the student should not be allowed to enrol for a course <strong>of</strong> study exceeding<br />
132 points (1.1EFTS).<br />
(c) The student has been granted PEAW for the year in which the prerequisite<br />
paper was failed. In this case the prerequisite is automatically waived.<br />
4.6 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Conduct<br />
<strong>Civil</strong> Engineering is a pr<strong>of</strong>ession <strong>and</strong> consequently <strong>Civil</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong><br />
engineers are expected to behave in a pr<strong>of</strong>essional manner in the work place <strong>and</strong> to<br />
perform their work in an ethical <strong>and</strong> honest way. The <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Civil</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Engineering firmly expects all students to uphold generally<br />
accepted st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>of</strong> behaviour throughout their course <strong>of</strong> study.<br />
Any behaviour that may be <strong>of</strong>fensive to other students is considered unacceptable.<br />
This includes a range <strong>of</strong> behaviours, for example being disruptive by talking loudly<br />
or excessively in class, using departmental computers to view pornographic<br />
material, intimidation <strong>of</strong> other students, <strong>and</strong> any drunkenness or intoxication on<br />
<strong>University</strong> premises.<br />
Dishonest practice is also unacceptable. New students will be asked in the first<br />
week <strong>of</strong> lectures to sign a declaration to confirm that they have read <strong>and</strong> understood<br />
the policy on dishonest behaviour <strong>and</strong> return <strong>of</strong> marked work. The <strong>University</strong>'s<br />
interpretation <strong>of</strong> what constitutes dishonest practice includes the following:<br />
• Plagiarism, being the presentation <strong>of</strong> any material (text, data or figures, on any<br />
medium including computer files) from any other source without clear <strong>and</strong><br />
proper acknowledgement <strong>of</strong> the source <strong>of</strong> that material.<br />
• Collusion*, being work performed in whole or in part in conjunction with<br />
another person or persons, but submitted as if it had been completed by the<br />
named author alone (or joint authors if a group item <strong>of</strong> work).<br />
• Copying, being the use <strong>of</strong> material (in any medium, including computer files)<br />
produced by another person or persons, with or without their knowledge <strong>and</strong><br />
approval.<br />
• Ghost writing, being the use <strong>of</strong> another party (with or without any form <strong>of</strong><br />
payment) to prepare all or part <strong>of</strong> an item <strong>of</strong> work submitted for assessment.<br />
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