Plagiarism is defined as use of intellectual material produced by another person without acknowledging its source, for example:
a. Wholesale copying of passages from works of others into one self’s homework, essay, term paper, or dissertation without acknowledgment.
b. Use of the views, opinions, or insights of another without acknowledgment.
c. Paraphrasing of another person’s characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or other literary device without acknowledgment.
If found guilty by a university committee, penalties for plagiarism may include:
a. Reduced grade for the Requirement; (College Committee sanction)
b. “F” or Zero for the Requirement; (College Committee sanction)
c. “F” grade for the class; (College Committee sanction)
d. Reprimand; (University Committee sanction)
e. Probation; (University Committee sanction)
f. Suspension; or (University Committee sanction)
g. Expulsion. (University Committee sanction)
Please see the complete Tech policy in the attachment below.