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Campus Advocate
(661) 395-4355
Associated with Alliance Against Family and Sexual Assault (the Alliance advocate@bakersfieldcollege.edu
Deputy Title IX
College Human Resources Manager Deputy Title IX Coordinator
KCCD District Office
(661) 395-4066 amalia.calderon@kccd.edu
Title IX Coordinator
Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
(661) 395-4850
KCCD District Office
2100 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 drhoades@kccd.edu
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PLAGIARISM
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/studentconduct/ai deanofstudents@bakersfieldcollege.edu Campus Center | (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 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. Generally, 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 Dean of Students. 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).
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