Faculty across campus were asked to share text from their syllabi that addresses plagiarism. These examples were distilled into the following sample text. Feel free to copy and paste it straight into your syllabi. In addition, you can supplement it with any of the other information on this site.
Sample Text:
Plagiarism occurs when students knowingly submit someone else's ideas or words as their own. Plagiarism is an act of intentional deception. Not only is this dishonest, but it also denies those students of the most important product of their education - the actual learning. If the instructor suspects that anyone has plagiarized, the student will be invited to a one-on-one conversation and will ask the student to show proof that the work in question is not coped. If found to have committed academic dishonesty, the student will fail that single assignment and may, depending on the seriousness of the offense, fail the course. In any case, the student might fail the class after a second incident of plagiarism.
Some syllabi also include "definition" and "disciplinary action." See the "What is Plagiarism" and "Responding to Plagiarism" sections of this site for language on these issues.
