Academic Integrity
In this course as in all others academic integrity is very important. academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Instances of academic dishonesty will be investigated promptly according to the school's policy.
Academic dishonesty refers to either intellectual property produced by the work of others that has not been given the appropriate recognition or the intentional misuse of quantitative or qualitative data. Academic honesty refers to intellectual property produced by the work of others that has been given appropriate recognition.
Plagiarism is one example of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is presenting someone else's ideas or work as your own. Plagiarism also includes copying verbatim or rephrasing ideas without properly acknowledging the source by author, date, and publication medium. Learners must take great care, whether in a draft or final version of a paper or project, to distinguish their own ideas and language from information acquired from other sources. Sources include published primary and secondary materials, electronic media, unpublished materials, and information and ideas gained through other people.
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) is helpful in identifying what must be referenced and how work must be cited. To avoid any instances that may be construed as plagiarism, learners should consult this guide to apply the proper citation format.
Self-plagiarism is one example of academic dishonesty. Self-plagiarism is reusing or resubmitting one’s prior work and presenting it as new scholarship without self-citation. The reuse of one’s prior academic work without the permission of the course instructor is self-plagiarism and a violation of this policy.
See SCF master policy for more information.