Plagiarism policy

Plagiarism is the use of the work of others without properly crediting the actual source of the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, entire articles, audio, or images. Using other students’ work (with or without their permission) is still plagiarism if you don’t indicate who initially did the work. Plagiarism, a form of cheating, is a serious offense and will be severely punished. When an instructor suspects plagiarism, he/she will inform the student of the charge; the student has the right to respond to the allegations. Students whose work appears to be plagiarized may be asked to produce earlier drafts of the work. Students should, for this reason and as a protection in cases of lost documents, retain rough drafts, notes and other work products for 2-3 weeks after the end of each semester. The penalties for plagiarism include reprimands, being failed for a particular exam, paper, project, or the entire course, disciplinary probation, or dismissal. Faculty, after consulting with their chair, and/or the dean must notify students in writing of their decision.

Students have the right to appeal such decisions by submitting a petition. All students are responsible for reading the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.