INART 1 THE ARTS
TOM SMIALEK
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic integrity is a matter to be taken
seriously by both students and faculty members. It is important that students
realize their responsibilities in knowing what constitutes dishonesty and that
they adhere to the University’s policies on academic integrity:
All students are expected to act with
civility; personal integrity; respect other students’ dignity, rights, and
property; and to help create and maintain an environment in which all can
succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic
integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.
Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate
acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty
include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons’ work as
one’s own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or
citations, "ghosting" (taking or having another student take an
exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another
student, facilitating other students’ acts of academic dishonesty, etc.
Academic dishonesty violates the fundamental ethical principles of the
University community and compromises the worth of work completed by others. A
student should avoid academic dishonesty when preparing work for any class. If
charged with academic dishonesty, students will receive written or oral notice
of the charge by the instructor. Students who contest the charge should first
seek resolution through discussion with the faculty member or the campus
Director of Academic Affairs. If the matter is not resolved, the student may
request a hearing with the Commonwealth College Committee on Academic Integrity
at the campus.
Sanctions for breaches of academic integrity may range
(depending on the severity of the offense) from F for the assignment to F for
the course. In severe cases of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited
to, stealing exams or "ghosting" an exam, students may receive a
grade of XF, a formal University disciplinary sanction that indicates on the
student’s transcript that failure in the course was due to a serious act of
academic dishonesty.
The University’s statement on Academic
Integrity from which the above
statement was drawn is available at: http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/G-9.html
To help insure an enviornment free of
dishonesty, practices such as the use of multiple exams and proctoring will be
employed in this course. Students should be especially careful to work on
perception reports in an independent manner, without collaborating with their
classmates. If you are unsure of
specific applications of this policy, you are encouraged to consult with
faculty or administration.
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