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Attendance/ Class Participation
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You
are expected to attend class and make positive contributions
to the intellectual growth of the class. Participating
in discussions and activities, bringing important or interesting
information to the attention of the instructor and the
class, and helping classmates understand difficult material
are all examples of positive contributions to intellectual
growth. I will not take attendance on a regular
basis, but I am obligated to report excessive absence
to the Office of Student Life. Furthermore, with
the exception of absences missed for religious observances,
it is your responsibility to obtain from your classmates
all notes and assignments from any missed classes.
Please plan to arrive at the start of class and stay until it
is over. If you cannot make the posted times
for the class, you should drop it and take it during
a semester when it fits your schedule.
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Academic
Integrity/
Plagiarism
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Plagiarism
is the act of taking textual material from someone else
and presenting it as though it were your own. In its simplest
form, plagiarism occurs whenever you use the exact words
of someone else to express an idea without giving credit
to the other person. A slightly more subtle kind of plagiarism
occurs whenever you use almost the exact words of someone
else but make a few trivial modifications, such as changing
from active voice to passive voice or changing verb tense,
or altering the occurrence of pronouns.
Plagiarism is a serious offense
because it is an act of theft as well as an act of fraud.
To use another person's ideas without giving the individual
credit is to steal something that rightfully belongs
to someone else. To present as your own the work that
was actually done by someone else is a fraudulent misrepresentation
of your own accomplishment. And, because the most valuable
things in an academic environment are knowledge and
ideas, the kind of theft and fraud represented by plagiarism
is a very serious offense.
Plagiarism is an offense
covered by the University’s Policy on Academic
Integrity. All students should know about and understand
this policy, which can be found in the College Catalogue
on pages 147-148 of the 2001-2003 Camden Undergraduate
Catalogue. It is also on the Web at http://teachx.rutgers.edu:80/integrity/policy.html
. Sanctions
for plagiarism fall under the University Code for Student
Conduct, which is summarized on pages 148-150 of the
catalogue. These sanctions range from failing
an assignment to expulsion from the University,
depending on the severity of the infraction.
The Psychology Department
takes the commission of plagiarism very seriously. Please
make sure you understand what constitutes plagiarism
and know how to avoid it. Click
here for some guidelines.
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