Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

Students are reminded of, and expected to abide by, the following honor statement: "As a student of Nichols College, I pledge that I will neither knowingly give nor receive any inappropriate assistance in academic work, thus affirming my personal commitment to honor and integrity." Please refer to the following guidelines regarding what constitutes plagiarism when preparing assignments. Plagiarism is a serious offense which may result in a failing grade for the course and providing the violator's name to the Dean of Students for further sanctions.

Specific examples of plagiarism are:

q Using without proper documentation (quotation marks and a citation) written or spoken words, phrases, sentences, statistics, graphs, or pictorial representations from any source;

q Collaborating on a graded assignment without the instructor's approval;

q Submitting work, either in whole or in part, created by a professional service and used without attribution (paper, speech, bibliography); and

q Cheating by any method or means.

RULE OF THUMB: If it is not your original thought, cite it!