Students with no more than three unexcused absences are entitled to mercy on borderline grade decisions. Back Policies Class participation and effort are expected. In writing courses, the most common kind of scholastic dishonesty is plagiarism, the passing off as one's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Careless or misleading documentation that does not fairly or accurately lead a reader to sources your used in a paper also constitutes plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious academic sin.
If you have questions about how to use sources in papers, see me during office hours before your peer review draft is due. The plagiarism policy is not negotiable. It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes plagiarism and to avoid it at all costs. I will expect you to hand in papers at the beginning of class on due dates. Should you submit your paper to anyone else at any other time, I am not responsible for that paper.