Cypress College Academic Honesty Policy:

Students are expected to abide by ethical standards in preparing and presenting material which demonstrates their level of knowledge and which is used to determine grades.

Such standards are founded on basic concepts of integrity and honesty.

These include, but are not limited to plagiarism.

Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as stealing or passing off as one’s own ideas or words of another and as using a creative production without crediting the source. The following cases are examples of what constitutes plagiarism:

• paraphrasing published material without acknowledging the source.

• making significant use of an idea or a particular arrangement of ideas, e.g., outlines.

• writing a paper after consulting with persons who provide suitable ideas and incorporating these ideas into the paper without acknowledging the debt.

• submitting under one’s own name, term papers or other reports which have been prepared by others.

For more information about the academic honesty policy please visit http://news.cypresscollege.edu/Documents/CC_ACADEMIC_HONESTY_POLICY_rev_2005.pdf

Take the quiz to show that you have read, understand, and will abide by the academic honesty and plagiarism policy.

From the course syllabus:

Plagiarism and cheating policy:

A WORD OF CAUTION: Plagiarism includes copying or re-mixing someone else’s work – either from the textbook or the internet - and passing it off as your own. Additionally, the use of a paraphrasing tool, thesaurus, and other text modifiers is also plagiarism. Do not be seduced into using the Internet as a crutch instead of using your own thoughts/words. Simply changing a few words or punctuation is NOT using ones own thoughts/words, and will be considered plagiarized work.

The PLAGIARISM PENALTY: There is a zero-tolerance plagiarism and cheating policy. Academic dishonesty will result in an “F” on all or part of an assignment and referral to the dean.

Good practices to avoid plagiarism: Some advice/best practices to avoid submitting plagiarized work: Do not use words/terms/places that you are personally unfamiliar with, or do not understand. Read first, close browser/book, then write – Do NOT read/write simultaneously. Work to minimize the content of your sources ie: For every 5 sentences of information read, write 1 sentence on your assignment. Proof-read, proof-read, and proof-read before you submit.