I can’t say I’m surprised that CSE majors are the ones who cheat the most. Most computer nerds (and if you’re majoring in CSE, you meet the requirements) know all about Google, and this whole “copy” and “paste” thing (something that I’ve had to explain to friends and family way too often.)
Take that, and the fact that writing even a short program from scratch can take 30 hours. Take those and add in the aspect that most CSE professors refuse to let you use anything they haven’t yet taught (I’m looking at you unnamed Java prof of mine) and you’re going to get a lot of “borrowed” code.
Now I’m not saying that makes it right. I know that you have to have a good base knowledge and build upon it. I know that building those early 30hr programs teaches you the patience you’ll need in order to build your own real, hopefully useful, program someday. But in this day and age where a simple series of clicks on the mouse gets you damn near anything you’ll ever want, it’s just not that surprising to me that the people who know how to click the best use it to cheat.
