Academic Integrity
As an academic community, UIC is committed to providing an environment in which research, learning, and scholarship can flourish and in which all endeavors are guided by academic and professional integrity. All members of the campus community—students, staff, faculty, and administrators—share the responsibility of insuring that these standards are upheld so that such an environment exists. Instances of academic misconduct by students will be handled pursuant to the Student Disciplinary Policy.
You are responsible for understanding what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on this topic, consult the University of Illinois at Chicago Policy on Academic Honesty.
In your Spanish class—as in any class—you must work completely alone on anything that is turned in for a grade, unless the work itself explicitly requires group work. Therefore, the following cases would be included under academic dishonesty:
● Using a source of information not allowed in Tareas Finales: electronic devices, notebook, notes, etc.
● Working with other students on homework that you will turn in for a grade, unless specifically directed to work with a partner or in groups by the instructor.
● Obtaining help on specific homework from a tutor. Tutors can help with general questions and problems, but they should not correct individual activities that are to be completed for a grade.
● Copying another student’s homework, allowing others to copy yours, or copying homework from other resources like the internet.
● Passing information about the content of a Tarea Final to another student.
● Using an online translation service (e.g., Google Translate) to do small, medium, or large parts of a writing assignment or the entire writing assignment.
● Self-plagiarism: re-submitting previously submitted work from another course.
These are NOT the only examples. If you are ever in doubt whether something is plagiarism or cheating, please ask your instructor before submitting that work.
Violation of academic integrity includes copying homework or otherwise turning in work that is not original to you. Cheating in this case applies both to the copier and the person who allows his/her work to be copied. If students believe they are wrongfully graded they must approach their instructor with an explanation. If the problem is not resolved, the student may bring the matter to the Director of the Spanish Basic Language Program, Profesora Claudia Fernández.
We certainly encourage you to study with others and use your Spanish with others, but not to produce any work submitted for a grade under the direction of others. If a student’s work is found to fit any of the academic dishonesty cases, the assignment submitted will automatically receive a grade of zero.
If a student is caught cheating on one portion of Tarea Final the student will receive a zero for the entire work.