You must include a definitive title and a one page abstract. Secondary sources may be cited only rarely and only if the original is unavailable from tile University of Maryland library system. Class attendance and submission of assignments is essential. Failure to submit assignments when due and absence from class may result in a decrement of your grade. Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional presentation of another person's idea or product as one's own.
Students can avoid unintentional plagiarism by carefully accepted scholarly practices.
Notes taken for papers and research projects should accurately record sources of material to be cited, quoted, paraphrased, or summarized, and papers should acknowledge these sources in footnotes.