Carthage's Community Code (under "Academic Concerns") explains what plagiarism is.
However, to ensure that there is no confusion, let me lay out my own definition of what plagiarism is. If you use the words of another person, even just one sentence or clause, then you should put those words in quotation marks and give that person credit for their words by providing a citation. If you fail to do so, that is plagiarism. If you use another person's idea, you should give that person credit by providing a citation. Failure to do so is plagiarism. Anything that does not originate within your own mind should be credited to the person where the idea or words did originate. Failure to do so is plagiarism.
Consider this your first warning. Instances of plagiarism that I find will, at a minimum, involve you receiving a zero for the assignment, and at the maximum will involve you failing the course and being reported to the Dean of the College.
Basically, don't plagiarize, and we'll all be a lot happier
Cheating is unacceptable. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
Cheating will involve a minimum penalty of a zero for the exam and a maximum penalty of a report being filed with the Dean of the College, depending on the egregiousness of the offense. I am the sole arbiter of how egregious the offense is.
Cheating involving more than one person (such as person A peeking off of person B's test) will result in both students getting a zero, unless one person admits to cheating without the involvement of the other person.
Reading assignments are listed on the course calendar. The reading assignment for a particular day is listed with that day. In other words, the reading listed for a particular day should be read before you get to class.
You are welcome to e-mail me your completed assignments, but if you do so they must be in MS Word or RTF format. It is not acceptable to simply cut-and-paste your homework into an e-mail message, nor are other formats such as Word Perfect or MS Works acceptable.
All assignments must be named with your first initial and last name, followed by the name of the assignment followed by the appropriate extension.
For example, if I was submitting homework 5, I would name the file: jgottlieb.hw5. If Brian Urlacher were submitting lab 4, he would name the assignment burlacher.lab4.cpp.
You should also make sure that your name appears somewhere inside of the assignment itself, either in a header or in the comments.
This is for your benefit. It makes it easier for me to keep track of who's assignment is who's. Remember, there are 20 or 30 of you and only one of me. Assignments not submitted according to these guidelines will not be accepted.
If you have an incredibly good reason for having a late assignment, you must discuss it with me at least 24 hours before the assignment is due. I cannot emphasize this enough. Generally, if you come to me a couple days before something is due, I'll be pretty lenient. If you write me at midnight the night before something is due (it's happened), then you're going to be out of luck. My leniency decreases the closer it gets to when an assignment is due.
Examples of good reasons:
Attendance at the final exam is mandatory. Absolutely no exceptions except in the most extreme circumstances. These extreme circumstances generally must involve some sort of unconsciousness on your part. The final exam schedule is available at the beginning of the academic year. If you buy plane tickets to go home early, tough luck. Make no plans before the final exam! If you miss a class, you are responsible for finding out what you missed. The
topic for the day as well as the appropriate readings is listed on the course
calendar. Generally, the lecture notes for that day will also be posed within a
day or two. You should also feel free to check with your peers.
I will not, as a general rule, respond to e-mails along the lines of, "I'm
[going to miss class/sorry I missed class] today because of [sickness/game/
family emergency/etc.]. Please e-mail me back and tell me what I [will
miss/missed]." (see my e-mail policy below)
I understand that people have reasons for missing class, some of which are very
good reasons. However, to recap an hour-long class beyond what is contained in
the resources you already have available to you would take, well, about an
hour. There simply is not enough time in the day to do this for everyone that
might miss class.
That said, I have no intention of hanging you out to dry when you miss a day of
class. Once you have consulted with the book, lecture notes, and your peers, if
you have any specific questions about the material, I will be more than happy
to address those questions if you come by my office to discuss them face-to-
face. Finally, if you are an athlete, it is your responsibility to inform me when you will miss class, not your coach's. Sometimes the coaches forget to send e-mail. Most of the time I just don't read them. It is your job to keep me informed about what you will miss, not mine to page through the list to find your name. Missed classes for athletics will not count against your attendance score if and only if you inform me at least 24 hours in advance. Students should feel free to e-mail me with questions about the course or
about homework and the like. However, there are certain types of e-mails that
I generally will not respond to. The primary ones of these are:
Final Exam
Missed classes
E-mail policy