Cheating in any of your academic work is a serious breach of the Wooster Ethic and the Code of Academic Integrity and is grounds for an F for the entire course. In addition, I am required to forward a record of the incident to the Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement. You will be held responsible for your actions. If you are unsure as to what is permissible, always consult me first.
You should be aware of the following guidelines regarding plagiarism:
- Any idea or argument taken from a work that is not your own – whether it is from a printed source, the internet, or another student – must be properly cited. You must incorporate an acknowledgment of the source of the idea in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- All quotations must be clearly marked with quotation marks in the text and the source identified in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- Any group of three or more words taken directly from a work that is not your own must appear in quotation marks and the source identified in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- The borrowing of any complete sentence, sentence fragment, or sequence of three words or more from a work that is not your own without quotation marks and without proper citation is considered plagiarism. This includes words taken from reference works, online book reviews, or student essay posting sites.
Absences
We take attendance. Give advanced notice if you foresee absence from class so as to arrange ways to make up missed work and get important class notes. You would not be able to get an ‘a’ if there are four or more absences.
Late Work
Normally, we do not accept late work but appreciate effort to honor homework assignments despite illness and unforeseen circumstances. Exceptions are made for late work turned in right after the due date, but point deduction may apply.
Electronic Submissions
Papers are to be submitted via email and/or on shared folder in Google Drive. The format needs to be in Word.