The University desires that every student experiences freedom in academic pursuits. The maintenance of academic integrity is of fundamental importance to the University. Thus it should be clearly understood that acts of plagiarism or any other form of cheating will not be tolerated and that anyone committing such acts risks punishment of a serious nature. The faculty member may also present the case to the Office of the Dean of Student Life for disciplinary sanctions. To represent written work taken from another source as one's own is plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious offense.
To lift content directly from a source without giving credit is a flagrant act. To present a borrowed passage without reference to the source after having changed a few words is also plagiarism. No student shall receive or give assistance not authorized by the instructor in taking an examination or in the preparation of an essay, laboratory report, problem assignment or other project which is submitted for purposes of grade determination. All contents copyright Robert Berkhofer, 2000.