Depending upon the schedules of students, we will plan to make trips to local Orthodox Churches, meeting with clergy and laity and attending church services when appropriate. These trips are optional, but very enriching. All are strongly encouraged to participate. Academic dishonesty is a profound violation of the expected code of behavior. For a course like this one, the major concern is plagiarism, partly because it remains, alas, fairly commonplace on college campuses, partly because what constitutes plagiarism is often unclear in the minds of students.
Plagiarism runs from the rather mild to the totally flagrant.
And it can be even the unattributed borrowing of apt phrases or terminology. All of these degrees of plagiarism are equally unethical and may be penalized with failure for the assignment, or, in extreme cases, failure for the course. If you are ever in doubt as to whether your written work is plagiaristic in form, do not hesitate to consult with the professor. On Citation Styles Most students at Westminster College have been taught MLA citation conventions. These are good to know generally, but are not appropriate for use in history courses.