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Final Exams
The final exams are cumulative and mandatory (unless otherwise noted). You are responsible for making sure that you can attend the final exams. Registering for the courses mean that you certify that you will be taking the final exams. Again, you MUST take the final exams at the time determined by the official University exam schedule and you will get a zero if you do not take it. There will be no exceptions.
Cell Phone and Text Messaging
Cell phones are not permitted during class. Please turn your cell phone off or put it onto silent (in case of an emergency situation) before class starts. Do not place your cell phone on the desk. Any student leaving during class to answer a vibrating phone will not be permitted to return to class. Text messaging will not be permitted during class.
Students in Athletics
If you are on an athletic team and will be missing classes, it is your responsibility to provide the instructor with a letter signed by your coach listing all of the days in which you will be absent. Accommodations will be made only if the instructor receives the letter from your coach no later than the end of the first week of class.
Students with Disabilities
If you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in the course, please contact the instructor during the first week of class. Students requesting any disability related accommodation should contact the Disability Coordinator. More information can be found on the Web page http://www.shepherd.edu/mcssweb/mcss/D_SupportFAQ.shtm.
Plagiarism and Cheating
Plagiarism and cheating in any form will not be tolerated. We consider academic honesty to be at the core of the University's activities in education and research. All work (i.e., assignments, quizzes, and exams) submitted for a grade must be the sole work of the individual student turning it in. Instances of plagiarism, cheating, or other misconduct will be dealt with strictly and according to the University's Policy and Procedure. From the 2009-2011 University Catalog, page 56:
"Cheating in all its forms, including plagiarism and cheating on visual work, is considered an academic matter to be controlled and acted upon by the individual faculty member. Students guilty of academic dishonesty on examinations in any course shall receive, as minimum penalty, a grade of F in that course. Such action shall be taken by the instructor, with written notification to the appropriate University administrators. Repeated offenses shall subject the student to suspension or dismissal from the University. Students involved in facilitating the academic dishonesty among others, such as the unauthorized dissemination of examination materials, will be subject to disciplinary action beyond that called for by their own cheating in the course. Guidelines and policies affecting dishonesty and most other aspects of student life may be found in the Shepherd University Student Handbook."
Plagiarism Definition:
"Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work." Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure, up to and including expulsion." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism]
Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:
the use by paraphrase or direct quotation of another person's work
the use of another person's research, ideas, and arguments without full and clear acknowledgment
the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment
the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in selling or otherwise providing term papers or other academic materials
the use of commercialization sale or distribution of class notes without the instructors' permission.
Evidence of Plagiarism
Student has submitted the duplication (or some modification) of another work from oneself by recycling an older paper from another class without first discussing it with the professor.
Student has submitted the same paper to two classes without first discussing it with the professors.
Student has not included internal citations within the paper.
Student has faked citations.
Student has copied and pasted an entire article from a website or electronic database and called the product his/her own work.
Student has copied and pasted paragraphs from several resources and called the product his/her own work.
Student has rearranged the author's original words.
Student has failed to put quotation marks around directly quoted material.
Plagiarism Web Resources:
Preventing Academic Dishonesty
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
How to Handle Plagiarism: New Guidelines
Preventing & Detecting Plagiarism
Writing Tutorial Services at Indiana University, Bloomington
Avoiding Plagiarism - Resources at the University of Arizona