Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as using others’ original ideas in one’s written or spoken work without giving proper credit.
Ideas include but are not limited to:
- Facts
- Opinions
- Quotations
- Images
- Statistics
- Equations
- Hypotheses
- Theories
Plagiarism can occur in two ways: intentional and unintentional.
A student may intentionally plagiarize in many ways, such as:
- Turning in someone else’s work as your own
- Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- Changing words but copying the meaning and sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether giving credit or not
- "Repurposing" one's own work or submitting the same work for two different classes without the permission of the instructors.
A student may unintentionally plagiarize when:
- Trying in good faith to document your academic work, but failing to do so accurately and/or thoroughly
- Plagiarism and documentation have not been addressed in a student's academic coursework and the student is unprepared for college academic writing or speaking.
Outside Websites
Uploading to and/or accessing course materials from external websites such as, but not limited to, Chegg or Course Hero is considered academic dishonesty and plagiarism.
