All students at the University of Virginia are bound by the Honor Code not to commit Academic Fraud, which is a form of cheating, lying, and theft. The following is meant to raise awareness among students as to what academic fraud is and how to avoid it. Plagiarism is using someone else's ideas of work without proper or complete acknowledgment.
Plagiarism encompasses many things, and is by far the most common manifestation of academic fraud.
For example, copying a passage straight from a book into a paper without quoting or explicitly citing the source is blatant plagiarism. In addition, completely rewording someone else's work or ideas and using it as one's own is also plagiarism. It is very important that students properly acknowledge all ideas, work and even distinctive wording that are not their own. Students unsure of how to properly acknowledge a source are encouraged to consult an RA, TA, professor or manual of style. Multiple submission is the use of work previously submitted at this or any other institution to fulfill academic requirements in another class.