Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

with the Disability Resource Office and provides documentation identifying the need for accommodations, an Accommodation Plan will be provided to the student. It is the student’s responsibility to show the Accommodation Plan to his/her instructor. The Disability Resource Office is located in the Thatcher Building. Students may contact the Disability Resource Service Coordinator. All information is kept confidential. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY/PLAGIARISM Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following descriptions: All forms of student academic dishonesty, including but not limited to, cheating, inventing facts or sources, causing others to be dishonest, or representing another’s words as one’s own. Cheating is defined as the use or attempted use of information, academic work, research or property of another as one’s own. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism, sharing knowledge during an examination, the unauthorized use of notes or other materials in an examination, or the willful disobedience of testing rules. Plagiarism: DCB recognizes the seriousness of plagiarism, which is defined as turning in someone else's work and calling it your own. At DCB, plagiarism is treated as a dishonest action, an issue of dishonorable behavior. There are two types of plagiarism: intentional and unintentional plagiarism. Intentional plagiarism is an obvious type of cheating that includes turning in writing that you are falsely presenting as your own. It may be writing that was produced by a roommate, a spouse, an essay bought from the Internet, and/or passages copied from a research source such as a book, magazine, or web site. Allowing another student to copy your work is another type of intentional plagiarism. In addition, students are expected to avoid unintentional plagiarism, which means including in your own work and passing off as your own writing, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or more, that are only slightly changed from the original source. To avoid unintentional plagiarism, you must paraphrase properly and identify the original writer and source; this is called citing your work. Citations can be done in a few different formats, and your instructors are eager to help you learn how to cite your sources correctly. Unintentional plagiarism can also include passing off somebody else’s ideas (not just words) as your own without indicating that the idea or information came from somewhere else. Finally, unintentional plagiarism also can be allowing someone else to make significant wording alterations or editing changes to your writing. Penalties for plagiarism can be severe. They may range from failure of an assignment to failure of a course, to referral to the Dean, to dismissal from a program of study. These actions are not meant to be threatening, but to ensure that students understand that the school takes plagiarism seriously. The underlying message of the DCB plagiarism policy is that instructors are committed to encouraging student writers to use source material correctly and develop the confidence to express themselves in their own unique ways.