What are the consequences if I am caught plagiarizing or cheating?
Any deliberate cheating or plagiarism will result in automatic failure of the course and will be noted in the student’s record on the Department of Rhetoric and Composition’s database. A repeat offence will be reported to the Dean of Students and constitute grounds for dismissal from the university. The Department of Rhetoric and Composition reserves the right to change the grade of a student retro-actively (ie after the grades have been submitted to the Registrar at the end of a given semester) should it be found that the work a student submitted was not their own. Any of the following will constitute an automatic failure in the course and may provide grounds for possible dismissal from the university: • using any written work or graphic materials from electronic sources without proper acknowledgement and passing it off as your own work • using another student’s written work and passing it off as your own work • having someone re-write or give you extensive help on your work so that i
Any deliberate cheating or plagiarism will result in automatic failure of the course and will be noted in the student’s record on the Department of Rhetoric and Composition’s database. A repeat offence will be reported to the Dean of Students and constitute grounds for dismissal from the university. The Department of Rhetoric and Composition reserves the right to change the grade of a student retro-actively (ie after the grades have been submitted to the Registrar at the end of a given semester) should it be found that the work a student submitted was not their own. Any of the following will constitute an automatic failure in the course and may provide grounds for possible dismissal from the university: • using any written work or graphic materials from electronic sources without proper acknowledgement and passing it off as your own work • using another student’s written work and passing it off as your own work • having someone re-write or give you extensive help on your work so that i
