The total number of marks is 100, and you must obtain at least 50 to pass. In your second year of study you will be given guidance on the way the dissertation will be assessed. Plagiarism Plagiarism, presenting someone else's work as your own, is the cardinal academic sin, and therefore you should be careful not to commit it. Of course, you will need to use other people's work as a source of data, analysis and ideas for your coursework and dissertation. But you must give the original author credit by citing references which acknowledge that it is someone else's work and not your own.
References are important for a second reason.
There are a number of approved ways of referencing, and you are given a thorough introduction in Module One to ways of incorporating references into your written work. The views expressed in this document are those of the document owner. If you are an authorised user you may edit this document through your Web browser.