Academic honesty is the policy of never taking credit for ideas which are not yours and of never attempting to gain an unfair advantage over your fellow students in the pursuit of higher grades. Academic honesty must be followed in this course, and it is a good policy to follow throughout your academic and non-academic life.
Most students know what is considered "unfair advantage". This list includes, but is not limited to, cheating on tests, falsely representing yourself in regrade requests, and sabotaging the work of other students. Such conduct will be pursued under the university's academic offense policy.
For the homework assignments, you are free to discuss the problems with other students or consult other resources such as books or the world wide web. However, if any of these sources assist you in solving the problem, you must acknowledge this on your assignment. There is no penalty for making an acknowledgement, but failing to credit the source of your work will be considered an academic offense.
Likewise, you will also need to acknowledge any student which you assisted.
You do not need to acknowledge the course textbook or the lecture notes because it is assumed that you are consulting these sources.
Please note that acknowledging the source of an idea does not mean that you can copy that source verbatim. You must still write the answers in your own words. Anything which is copied verbatim must be put inside quotes. Please note that a copied answer, if it is in quotes and is properly cited, will not receive a passing grade, but at least it is not an academic offence.
As a final note, if you are ever in doubt about what is or is not an academic offense, speak to the course instructor.