HIST 2321 & 2322 online and on-campus students must practice scholastic honesty. As part of your required orientation you should know the definition of plagiarism, the instructor's and SAC policy regarding plagiarism, and the consequences of plagiarism. Plagiarism – academic dishonesty – is a form of dishonesty that occurs when a student passes off someone else's work as his or her own. Plagiarism can range from failure to use proper citations, to cutting and pasting paragraphs from web or print based materials, to wholesale cheating. All are plagiarism,

• A student who plagiarizes may do so unintentionally or with purposeful deliberation.  Unless otherwise indicated, HIST 1301 assignments must be completed independently.  Don't take the risk. 
• Read the following carefully and refer to the SAC Policy noted above.
  • Plagiarism is a college offense. Students who plagiarize must deal with the instructor and the college.Plagiarism is in most cases easy to identify and expose
  • ALL SAC Students should be aware that all SAC professors have access to Turnitin.com, a tool for catching plagiarism

• Buying/obtaining a paper from a research service or term paper mill.  Turning in another student's work without that student's knowledge (failure to cite source).  Turning in a paper a peer has written for the student.  Copying a paper from a source text without proper acknowledgment.  Copying materials from a source text, supplying proper documentation, but leaving out quotation marks. Paraphrasing materials from a source text without appropriate documentation. turning in a paper from a "free term paper" web site.
• copying and pasting, or paraphrasing text from a web site, student discussion board, or other course Learning Management System (LMS) materials, without quotation marks and appropriate citation.

Consequences: 

• First offense, confirmation of plagiarism, warning and a 0 for the assignment.
• Second offense, automatic grade of F for the course.

last update August 2008
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