SENATE APPROVED LANGUAGE FOR COURSE OUTLINES

Academic Integrity Language:

You are expected to exhibit honesty and use ethical behaviour in all aspects of the learning process.  Academic credentials you earn are rooted in principles of honesty and academic integrity.

Academic dishonesty is to knowingly act or fail to act in a way that results or could result in unearned academic credit or advantage.  This behaviour can result in serious consequences, e.g. the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: “Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty”), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university.

It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty.  For information on the various types of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, located at http://www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity

The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:

  1. Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one’s own or for which other credit has been obtained.
  2. Improper collaboration in group work.
  3. Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.

If your course uses Turnitin.com:

In this course we will be using a web-based service (Turnitin.com) to reveal plagiarism.  Students will be expected to submit their work electronically to Turnitin.com and in hard copy so that it can be checked for academic dishonesty.  Students who do not wish to submit their work to Turnitin.com must still submit a copy to the instructor.  No penalty will be assigned to a student who does not submit work to Turnitin.com.  All submitted work is subject to normal verification that standards of academic integrity have been upheld (e.g., on-line search, etc.).  To see the Turnitin.com Policy, please go to www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity


If your course has an on-line element:

In this course we will be using X.  Students should be aware that, when they access the electronic components of this course, private information such as first and last names, user names for the McMaster e-mail accounts, and program affiliation may become apparent to all other students in the same course.  The available information is dependent on the technology used.  Continuation in this course will be deemed consent to this disclosure.  If you have any questions or concerns about such disclosure please discuss this with the course instructor.

X = e-mail, LearnLink, WebCT, web pages, capa, Moodle, ThinkingCap, etc.