Honor Code
Students are expected to conform to the highest Christian standards of conduct; violations are cause for disciplinary action. Any use of unauthorized aids on a test, exercise, or problem is considered cheating. Plagiarism is any act of incorporating into one’s own work the work of another without indicating that source. Plagiarism is a serious matter that can result in loss of grade, failure of a class, or even dismissal. All sources, including spoken communication and all media (e.g., print, audio, video, and computerized databases), used by the student are to be properly acknowledged. Students should avoid extensive quoting which serves more as “filler” than as part of the essential flow of thought of the research paper.
Stringing several properly-cited quotations together is technically not plagiarism but is often a poor way to write a paper. Students may not use papers from their previous classes unless prior permission is granted. Below are some forms of plagiarism to be avoided:
- Idea Plagiarism—reshuffling of the word order given but not citing the source.
- Key Term Plagiarism—using key terms or coined words of another without citing the source.
- Word-for-Word Plagiarism—copying the exact wording of a source and not using quotation mark or citing the source.
- Paraphrasing Plagiarism—taking the source’s words and bit by bit replacing them with one’s own.