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The purpose of your English classes is to teach you how to think, how to write, and how to share ideas with others. You will be expected to read the body of knowledge on English literature and contribute to it. If you use someone else's exact words, you must put them into quotation marks and give the author credit. When you use someone else's ideas by paraphrasing the words or using their ideas, you must still give credit to the original thinker. Failure to do so, whether unintentional or not, is plagiarism.

Plagiarism is a very serious offense for several reasons: 1.)  You are cheating the author of credit for his/her ideas.  2.) You are lying to your teacher by implying that the words or ideas are yours. 3.) You are taking advantage of your teacher's respect and trust. 4.) You are harming the honest students whose work must compete against yours.  

The portions of the academic integrity policy that pertain to plagiarism , including the consequences set forth in the Disciplinary Code, are explained more fully in the student handbook.

The English Department strongly recommends that all students familiarize themselves with the following Web sites:

30-minute self-study -- Isn't it worth the 30 minutes to insure that you will never unintentionally commit plagiarism? This Web site walks you through the ins-and-outs of plagiarism.  Make sure you go all-the-way to the end to take the Plagiarism Post-test! If you can pass this test, then you should be able to protect yourself from accidental plagiarism!

Different Areas of Plagiarism -- Don't have 30 minutes? Do you think you know what plagiarism is? Take this interactive quiz to find out!