Syllabus
Academic Honesty – Guidelines For Students
As members of an academic community, students and faculty have the responsibility to engage in honest communication. Academic dishonesty is a serious violation of the trust upon which an academic community depends. Some examples of academic dishonesty follow.
- Plagiarism is using someone else’s work without giving credit. It is, for example, using ideas, phrases, papers, laboratory reports, computer programs, data – copied directly or paraphrased – that you did not arrive at on your own. Sources include published works such as books, movies, Websites, and unpublished works such as other students’ papers or material from a research service. In brief, representing someone else’s work as your own is academically dishonest. The risk of plagiarism can be avoided in written work by clearly indicating, either in footnotes or in the paper itself, the source of any major or unique idea or wording that you did not arrive at on your own. Sources must be given regardless of whether the material is quoted directly or paraphrased.
- Unauthorized collaboration is working with or receiving help from others on graded assignments without the specific approval of the instructor. If in doubt, seek permission from the instructor before working with others.
- Multiple submission means using the same work to fulfill the academic requirements in more than one course. Prior permission of the instructors is essential.
- The misuse of library materials such as maliciously hindering the use or access of others to library materials is an academically dishonest act. The removal of pages from books or journals harms others in the academic community. Similarly, the removal of books from the libraries without checking them out, the intentional hiding of materials, or the refusal to return reserve readings to the library is dishonest and harmful to the community.
- Obtaining an examination prior to its administration.
- Using unauthorized aid during an examination.
- Knowingly assisting someone else during an examination.
A student remains responsible for the academic honesty of work submitted in the course, even after the student has received a final course grade.
Ignorance of these standards will not be considered a valid excuse or defense. If a student is ever in doubt about an issue of academic honesty, or has any hesitation about a contemplated course of action, the student should consult with his or her instructors. The penalties are regulated by the Faculty Statute.
Taken from: Advisor's Handbook on Academic Honesty, University of Rochester