All of the members of a particular team have discussion grades that are of exceptionally high quality over a period of two weeks. A student or pair of students presents an extra chapter of the textbook, if time is available for doing this. A student attends and turns in a summary for an approved on-campus seminar. The first incidence of cheating or plagiarism will result in a zero for that assignment. A second occurrence will result in a failing grade for the course.
Integrity is one of the most highly prized virtues in human relations.
The penalties for cheating in this course are severe, because dishonesty on the job, in graduate school, and other areas of life often have dire consequences. Dishonesty at Bethany can severely affect a student s ability to get good recommendations from faculty members. A clear case of plagiarism occurs when someone copies and reads, word for word, another student s paper or a published author s work during an oral presentation, especially without citing the reference. However, simply rewording someone else s writing during a presentation, while keeping most of the same sentence structure, organization, words, etc., is also plagiarism. It is the student's responsibility to provide the instructor with documentation for excused absences, and to make up all excused missed work within a week of the missed class or assignment.