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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PLAGIARISM
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/studentconduct/ai studentlife@bakersfieldcollege.edu Levinson Hall | (661) 395-4614
Bakersfield College has the responsibility to ensure that grades assigned are indicative of the knowledge and skill level of each student. Acts of academic dishonesty make it impossible to fulfill this responsibility, and they weaken our society. Faculty, students, administrators, and classified staff share responsibility for ensuring academic honesty in our college community and will make a concerted effort to fulfill the following responsibilities.
Academic Integrity is an essential component of the student academic experience. The academic evaluation a student receives for a course becomes a permanent college record and it is critical that such records be accurate and consistent. The integrity students learn and exhibit at Bakersfield College will be a model for the professional integrity they practice when they complete their college work.
Any test, paper, or assignment submitted that bears a Bakersfield College student’s name is presumed to be their own original work that has not previously been submitted for credit in another course unless prior written approval has been obtained to do so from the instructor.
In all of the assignments, including homework, drafts of papers or oral presentations, students may use words or ideas written by other individuals in publications, websites, or other sources, but only with proper citation. As a general rule, if citing from a published source or from a website and the quotation is short (up to a sentence or two) place it in quotation marks; if a longer passage from a publication or website, please indent it and use single spacing. In both cases, be sure to cite the original source in a footnote, parentheses or oral citation. If a student is not clear about the expectations for completing an assignment or taking a test or examination, be sure to seek clarification from the instructor beforehand.
Sample Syllabus Statement: You will act with academic Integrity: Cheating, fabricating or falsifying information or sources, improper collaboration, submitting the same paper for different classes without permission, and plagiarism are all forms of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism occurs when writers and speakers deliberately or unintentionally use another person's language, ideas, or materials and present them as their own without properly acknowledging and citing the source. Academic dishonesty and/or plagiarism in this course will result in one or more of the following consequences: failure of the assignment, referral to the Dean of Instruction, and/or disciplinary actions by the Director Student Life. In this course, most often, your instructor will require oral citation of paraphrased material. Cite sources carefully, completely, and meticulously; when in doubt, cite. Familiarize yourself with BC’s Student Code of Conduct and KCCD’s definitions of plagiarism and cheating (KCCD Board Policy 4F7D; pg. 144).
Finally, students should keep in mind that as a member of the Bakersfield College campus academic community, students are expected to demonstrate integrity in all of their academic endeavors and will be evaluated on their own merits. Students should be proud of their academic accomplishments and help to protect and promote academic integrity at Bakersfield College. The consequences of cheating and academic dishonesty – including a formal written warning, possible loss of grade – are simply not worth it.
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
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The purpose of this administrative process is to provide a prompt and equitable means to address violations of the Student Code of Conduct, which guarantees to the student or students involved the due process rights guaranteed them by state and federal constitutional protections. This process will be used in a fair and equitable manner, and not for purposes of retaliation. It is not intended to substitute for criminal or civil proceedings that may be initiated by other agencies.
These administrative procedures are specifically not intended to infringe in any way on the rights of students to engage in free expression as protected by the state and federal constitutions, and by Education Code Section 76120, and will not be used to punish expression that is protected.
This section describes BC’s Student Code of Conduct. It specifies prohibited types of behavior and the sanctions that can be applied. Students may be accountable to both external authorities and to Bakersfield College for acts, which constitute violations of law and the Student Code of Conduct.
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