Plagiarism Statement

1. PLAGIARISM 

Plagiarism is “to use another person’s ideas or expressions in your writing [or any other format or medium] without acknowledging the source” (The Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, J. Gibaldi, 1999, p. 30). Some examples of plagiarism are: 

1. Presenting another person’s ideas, words, or other intellectual property, including material found on the Internet, as one’s own. 

2. Using passages from printed articles and books or online sources such as Wikipedia without providing full bibliographical information. For online sources, bibliographical information includes the title, author and URL of the webpage. 

3. Writing an essay or report, or producing an assignment in any format or medium, or a portion thereof, for someone else to submit as their own work. 

4. Submitting an essay, report, or assignment when a major portion has been previously submitted or is being submitted for another course at St. Thomas or any other university without the express permission of both instructors. 

5. Submitting work that is expected to be the student’s yet, was contracted and/or obtained from another person or entity. A student who is in doubt as to what constitutes plagiarism should discuss the matter with the professor concerned before submitting the assignment or sharing the material with others.

2. CHEATING During an examination, test, or any other written assignment used to judge student performance, the following actions are examples of cheating: 

1. The use of unauthorized material such as books, notes, or electronic devices. 

2. Obtaining by improper means examinations, tests, or similar materials. 

3. Using or distributing to others examinations, tests, or similar materials obtained by improper means. This includes any image of a quiz, examination or any other assignment photographed or captured from a computer screen and circulated by any means including social media. 

4. Discussing with another student tests or examination questions that have been obtained by improper means. 

5. Either writing a test or examination for another student or having another student write a test or examination. This includes any such action performed through electronic devices used as part of a remote course delivery. 

6. Either using answers provided by another student or providing answers to another student. 

7. Copying by any means answers from another student during examinations or tests. 

3. MISUSE OR MISREPRESENTATION OF COURSE CONTENT 

University courses often deal with challenging material that can be fully understood and appreciated only within the context of a respectful and rigorous academic discourse. When taken out of a proper academic context, such material might be misinterpreted and trigger misguided reactions emerging from a misunderstanding of the dialectical functions and conceptual goals of scholarly debate.

For this reason, students are not allowed to record and/or circulate any course material produced by an instructor, other students or other course participants and disseminate this information through any means, including social media, to peers or the general public without the instructor’s explicit permission. This includes any audio or video recording of a lecture, or any image of a PowerPoint slide photographed in class or captured from a computer screen, and circulated by any means, including social media. Audio and/or video recordings of classes are to be used for course purposes only. 

The content provided in class or online by instructors is subject to copyright and cannot be shared without the explicit permission of the instructor. Other copyright owners may include other faculty members who have taught other sections of the course, textbook publishers, multimedia vendor etc.