Plagiarism

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Plagiarism is the most heinous of academic sins. Giving due credit to the ideas of others is the most basic rule of academic integrity.

There are two primary forms of plagiarism.

First, to use the exact or similar words of another writer without noting that you are quoting is plagiarism. Whenever you use the words of another person, they must be within quotation marks and properly cited.

Second, the unacknowledged use of an idea of another writer—even if paraphrased in your own words—is plagiarism. Whenever you use any of the ideas of another person you must give credit in a citation.

Academic plagiarism breaks the basic bond of trust that must exist between a student and teacher. Consequently, I take plagiarism very seriously and I will fail any student caught plagiarizing without hesitation and will report each instance of plagiarism to the offending student’s advisor and dean.