"Integrity is expected of every student in all academic work. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own. Students engaging in academic dishonesty diminish their education and bring discredit to the academic community. Students shall not violate the Code of Academic Integrity and shall avoid situations likely to compromise academic integrity ..."
"Conduct prohibited by the Code consists of all forms of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to: cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism as set out and defined in the Code of Conduct, modifying any academic work for the purpose of obtaining additional credit after such work has been submitted to the supervising faculty member unless the supervising faculty member approves such alterations; failure to observe rules of academic integrity established by a faculty member for a particular course; and attempting to commit any act prohibited by the Code."
A University Library web page does a very nice job of explaining plagiarism and academic dishonesty. The site includes examples as well as advice about how to avoid committing plagiarism.
Turnitin.com: You're not submitting your assignments through Turnitin.com. However, we'll run a few random submissions each time through Turnitin, just to keep everyone honest. And anything that raises suspicions we will definitely run through Turnitin.
Penalties: I hope we don't experience any cases of academic dishonesty in this course. If we do, the penalty will be a failing grade for the course, and of course it will go on your university record. If it happens to be a repeat case, my experience (as Department Chairman; fortunately I've never had this happen in one of my own courses) is that the Dean of Students office favors pretty harsh penalties: suspension or expulsion from the university.
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