The English Department policies are consistent with, but elaborations on, NDSU policies for attendance and academic honesty.
In compliance with NDSU University Senate Policy, Section 333: Class Attendance and Policy and Procedure, located at , the English Department has established the following attendance policy. All English Department courses require active learning. Students are expected to speak, listen, and contribute. Therefore, prompt, regular attendance is required. Students who miss more than four weeks of class during the standard academic semester (e.g. twelve 50 minute classes, eight 75 minute classes, or their equivalent) will not pass the course. Moreover, each student is accountable for all work missed because of absence, and instructors have no obligation to make special arrangements for missed work. Additional attendance requirements may be implemented at the discretion of the individual instructor.
Academic honesty will be assumed in all English courses, and will only be questioned if an instructor receives work that is unlike work they have seen from a student before, if work seems poorly documented, or if work closely resembles other work in the course. Condensed versions of NDSU’s policies are required on all syllabi; this document is a more fully developed set of definitions, guidelines, and procedures.
Definitions
Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism: Work submitted for this course
must adhere to the Code of Academic Responsibility and Conduct as
cited in the Handbook of Student Policies: “The academic
community is operated on the basis of honesty, integrity, and fair
play. Occasionally, this trust is violated when cheating occurs,
either inadvertently or deliberately. This code will serve as the
guideline for cases where cheating, plagiarism, or other academic
improprieties have occurred. . . . Faculty members may fail the
student for the particular assignment, test, or course involved, or
they may recommend that the student drop the course in question, or
these penalties may be varied with the gravity of the offense and
the circumstances of the particular case†(65). See also the
University Policy Manual: www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm
Academic Honesty Defined: All written and oral presentations must
“respect the intellectual rights of others. Statements lifted
verbatim from publications must be cited as quotations. Ideas,
summaries or paraphrased material, and other information taken from
the literature must be properly referenced†(Guidelines for the
Presentation of Disquisitions, NDSU Graduate School, 4).
Instructors “who suspect that prohibited academic conduct has
occurred in their class have an initial responsibility for
informing the student or students involved of their suspicion and
the grounds thereof, of allowing a fair opportunity to refute them,
and of making an impartial judgment as to whether or not any
prohibited academic conduct occurred only upon the basis of
substantial evidence.†University Policy Manual: www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm
In the spirit of fairness to all students and consistency in all English courses, NDSU’s English department uses the following definitions and guidelines for handling plagiarism. Instructors will consider the point in the semester, the course (especially the level: 100, 200, 300, 400, or graduate course), and the type of assignment in making their final decision about how to handle student work.
Inadvertent Plagiarism
A first instance of inadvertent plagiarism shall be pointed out
immediately; students will be asked to revise those assignment with
proper documentation and citation before a grade is assigned.
A second instance of inadvertent plagiarism may result in a zero
for the assignment; instructors may allow for a revision if they
consider revision an appropriate option for the situation.
A third instance of inadvertent plagiarism will be treated as a
case of deliberate plagiarism, will result in no credit for the
assignment, possibly an F for the course, and possible disciplinary
action.
Students in upper division courses or graduate courses will not
likely be given three chances.
Deliberate Plagiarism
A first instance of deliberate plagiarism will result in no credit
for the assignment with no opportunity for revision, and possibly
“F†for the course. Disciplinary action may be pursued even in
the first case of deliberate plagiarism.
A second instance of deliberate plagiarism will result in “Fâ€
for the course and disciplinary actions will be pursued.
Disciplinary Action: Instructor and Administrators’
Responsibilities
Instructors should initiate disciplinary action with a memo to the
appropriate administrator (Director of First-year Writing ,
Director of Upper Division Writing, or Department Head) detailing
the type of plagiarism and explaining why disciplinary action is
appropriate. After consulting with the Administrator, the
instructor and Administrator may report a case of deliberate
plagiarism to the English Department Head, who may in turn notify
the student and the Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
The Dean will consider the case and determine the next step in the
process. “The dean may impose academic warning or probation in
the college, or the dean may recommend suspension or expulsion to
the Academic Standards Committee.†University Policy Manual:
http://www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm
Disciplinary Action: A Student’s Rights
“A student who has received a penalty or a disciplinary sanction
for prohibited academic conduct may appeal the decision.
1. The student must consult with the instructor, the department chair, and the Dean, in sequence, to resolve the conflict.
2.Then, the student may request a hearing by the Student Progress Committee in the college where the violation occurred. In addition, the student may request that two students be appointed to the Student Progress Committee for the hearing; one student shall be a member of the Student Court appointed by the Chief Justice of the Student Court, and the other student shall be a student senator for that college appointed by the student body president.â€
University Policy Manual: www.ndsu.edu/policy/335.htm
Prepared by the Department of EnglishJuly 15, 2007