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Department of Language Arts Plagiarism Policy Adapted from Rutgers University Plagiarism is a form of cheating and is a serious academic offense that occurs when a person passes off someone else's work as his or her own. This can range from failing to cite an author for ideas incorporated into a student's paper, to cutting and pasting paragraphs from different sources, to handing in a paper downloaded from the internet. ALL ARE PLAGIARISM! There are three central things all students should know about the consequences of plagiarism: 1) Plagiarism is a course and department offense. I am expected to report all instances of plagiarism to the English Chairperson and to the BHSS Administration. In other words, in addition to dealing with me, students who plagiarize may also deal with an administrator. Students found guilty of plagiarism will have this entered into their disciplinary record and will automatically lose all credit for the assignment. 1st Offense: Loss of credit and referral to administration 2nd Offense: Loss of credit, referral to administration, in-school suspension/Saturday school 3rd Offense: Loss of credit, referral to administration, 3 days out-of-school suspension 2) Plagiarism is easy to identify and expose. The very force that makes plagiarism easy and tempting to some students--the internet--makes its detection easy. Most teachers can locate the source of suspected plagiarism within a few minutes of searching sources and the web. Students should be aware that all BHSS teachers have access to Turnitin.com, a very effective resource for catching plagiarism.3) All parties responsible are considered equally guilty. If you share your coursework with another student and he or she plagiarizes it, you are considered as guilty as the one who has plagiarized your work, since you enabled the plagiarism to take place. Under no circumstances should a student make his or her coursework available to another student unless the instructor gives explicit permission for this to happen. *Collaboration means that both you and your partner(s) understand how to complete the main concepts of a particular assignment. It DOES NOT mean that you have the same answers word-for-word. In other words, students who plagiarize are likely to be caught, and the consequences will be severe and will include anyone who enabled the plagiarism to take place. Classroom policy will kick in, regardless of the feelings of either the students or the instructor. Avoid plagiarism at all costs! * Please fill out the following form and return it to --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plagiarism Policy: By signing this form, I hereby state that I have read the policies listed above and understand the terms that they discuss regarding classroom expectations and disciplinary procedures regarding plagiarism. Student’s Name___________________________________________ Student’s Signature________________________________________ Date_______ Parent/Guardian’s Name____________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Signature_________________________________ Date_______ |