Academic Integrity and Plagiarism | Dr. Neal's Syllabus Depot

One of my responsibilities as a professor is, to the best of my ability, to ensure that students are given the same opportunities (amount of time, resources, etc.) to complete graded work. Plagiarism and other violations of academic integrity undermine that ‘equal playing field’ and will not be tolerated in my courses.

As the St. Edward’s University Undergraduate Bulletin 2014-2015 states:

St. Edward’s University expects academic honesty from

all members of the community, and it is our policy that

academic integrity be fostered to the highest degree

possible. Consequently, all work submitted for grading in

a course must be created as a result of your own thought

and effort. Representing work as your own when it is not

a result of such thought and effort is a violation of our

code of academic integrity. Whenever it is established that

academic dishonesty has occurred, the course instructor

shall impose a penalty upon the offending individual(s).

… The maximum penalty for a first offense is failure in the course, and if that penalty is imposed, the student does not have the option of withdrawing from the course (p. 25).

Your naiveté of what constitutes plagiarism or cheating is not an acceptable excuse. As a student at SEU, it is your responsibility to educate yourself on all forms of academic integrity. For more information, see: (click on ‘a closer look’ in each link)

Passing off Another’s Ideas

Fabricating Citations

Copying, Cutting & Pasting

Phrasing Incorrectly

Using media files, such as image, audio or video files without citing them

Plagiarism or cheating of any kind will result in failing a portion of the assignment, failing the assignment, or failing the course, AND a formal report to the Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
If you are at any time unclear about what constitutes plagiarism or cheating then it is your responsibility to talk with me so that I can provide clarification.
In all instances, you must do your own work.
If you help another student in class cheat by sharing your own work with them then both of you will receive a failing grade (on the assignment or the course) and a formal report to the Dean. I recommend that you treat your written work (and your ideas) as proprietary, and that you do not share them with your classmates.

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