Department of Religion and Philosophy: Honor Code

The Department of Religion and Philosophy fully endorses the Illinois College's statement on academic integrity. However, we distinguish between intentional plagiarism and confusion about citation methodology.

Intentional plagarism will be reported to the Honor Board, which will mete out a punishment.
Confusion about citation methodology will be discussed with the student, who will be allowed to correct it. However, repeated examples of "confusion" may be assumed to be intentional and may be reported to the Honor Board, if the faculty member feels this is warranted.

Examples of Plagiarism

Intentional plagiarism includes (but is not limited to):

Cutting and pasting materials from web sites
Copying passages from books, articles, or other printed materials
Copying material from another student's paper, moodle posting, or other source
Cheating on tests or quizzes by using crib sheets or copying from another student's paper or blue book

Confusion about citation methodology includes (but is not limited to):

Improper citations (not using the correct format for citations)
Proofreading mistakes (using an opening quotation mark without a closing mark)

Not providing citations for examples from the Bible or other texts. For example, the paraphrase

     Absalom was the most beautiful man in Israel.

requires a citation:

     Absalom was the most beautiful man in Israel (2 Sam 14:25).

Students who have questions about issues of academic integrity are encouraged to discuss them with their professor.

Honor Statement

Faculty in the department will require students to include the following statement about academic integrity on work they submit for a grade:

This paper is my own work, all in my words unless specifically indicated. I have fully indicated all sources, cited directly or indirectly, in the in-text notes and the bibliography or works-cited list.

Signed: ____________________________________ Date: _____________________

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