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Course Calendar 2016–2017
6. Academic Honesty and Integrity
Philosophy of Academic Honesty and Integrity
When students exhibit academic honesty, their learning and achievements can be assessed fairly and
accurately, and the integrity and ethical conduct of the academic community is maintained. Academic
honesty means presenting your own learning, knowledge and skills while also properly acknowledging
your use of all forms of intellectual and creative expression and contributions of others.
What is Academic Dishonesty?
Academic dishonesty is a type of fraud (an attempt to deceive) and can take several forms. It is a
serious offence in all educational institutions and elsewhere in society (in copyright law, for example).
It carries severe penalties, ranging from receiving zero on an assignment or test, to failure in a course
or even to expulsion from school. Some common forms of academic dishonesty include, but are not
limited to:
i.
Cheating
: Gaining an unfair advantage during tests and exams by bringing and consulting with
unauthorized material during the testing period or by communicating with another student
during or after the test to gain an unfair advantage. Cheating also occurs when you copy
another student’s work and submit it as your own.
ii.
Plagiarism
: Using another person’s ideas or expressions in your submitted work without
acknowledging the source. In effect, you are fraudulently presenting others’ ideas as your
own. Plagiarism, then, constitutes intellectual theft. In completing academic work, it can
become very easy to plagiarize even if you did not intend to. It is very important that you
become knowledgeable of the many forms of plagiarism (for students in Grade 7 and above,
see “Avoiding Plagiarism” and “Documenting Sources” in your
Little, Brown Book
).
iii.
Self-plagiarism
: Yes it is possible to plagiarize yourself. In an academic environment, there is
the expectation that all course material that a student creates is original work. Therefore, it is
an offense when a student submits an assignment that was completed and graded for another
course. If a student wants to rework a paper that was submitted for another course, she must
ask her current teacher for permission to do so.
Roles and Responsibilities in Building Understanding and Maintaining Academic Honesty
Faculty will:
i. provide the particular requirements for the course and assignments with specific emphasis on
using different sources of information;
ii. instruct students and provide practice in different ways of correctly incorporating information
from various sources without plagiarizing;
iii. ensure acknowledgement of sources of materials for class use; and
iv. outline expectations for student conduct during testing.
Students will:
i. understand and/or seek clarification regarding the requirements for the course and the
course assignments;
ii. know the different forms of cheating and plagiarism and how to avoid them;