Cheating and Plagiarism

Cheating and plagiarism are on the rise in college education because of the enormous amounts of information available in digital form. However, because the opportunity exists, there is no excuse for it. Intentional, re-occurring, woeful, and/or substantial cheating and plagiarism can be grounds for dismissal from the UW. The UW does have a specific policy about this.

See http://depts.washington.edu/grading/issue1/honesty.htm

The "bottom-line" here, is that a student should clearly identify what is being "copied and place in quotations if a sentence" or indent an entire paragraph, and specifically cite your source for that information. One can copy diagrams, but you must cite your source. If someone publishes (turn in for credit is a form of publishing) more than one paragraph or a single diagram then you should get clearance from the publisher holding copyright.

The Political Science Department provides the following further resource:

http://depts.washington.edu/pswrite/manual.html

Write thoughtfully and wisely, always giving credit where credit is due.

This makes you a better scholar – and impresses your instructors and friends.