If you have a specific physical, emotional, or learning disability and require accommodations, please let us know early in the semester so that your learning needs may be met appropriately. ALL such interactions will be kept in the strictest confidence. I cannot make accommodations without this documentation. If you are having problems with school, your personal or family life, or feel generally depressed, don't hesitate to set up an appointment with them. I would be glad to help you with this, and will, of course, keep strict confidentiality.
Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty and results in the same penalty.
In cases of mitigating circumstances, the instructor has the option to assign a lesser penalty. Students are expected to do their own work and should be familiar with the concepts of active and passive plagiarism. It is an attempt to deceive readers. The result, however, is simply a pastiche of ideas and words of other people and not the original thinking of the student writing the paper in question. See Harbrace College Handbook , pp.