academic misconduct
It is the reponsibility of all students to familiarize themselves with and abide by the UO policies regarding academic misconduct.
Members of the university community are expected to be honest and forthright in their academic endeavors. Academic integrity requires that students avoid presenting the words, ideas, data, or work of another as one's own, cheating on an examination or class assignment, or violating a course policy stated on the syllabus or elsewhere.
Academic Integrity Guidelines for 100- and 200-level Spanish Classes
You may:
- use a spell checker for written assignments (e.g. homework and compositions outside of class) if your teacher has approved it. It is your responsibility to confirm your teacher's policy.
- receive help from a native speaker or tutor, to a limited extent (see below).
You cannot:
- copy information from the internet or other sources, unless you enclose the quoted material in quotation marks AND cite the source according to conventions specified by your teacher. The guiding rule is that you must not represent someone else’s work as your own. Ideally, a composition or presentation should not contain more than 5-10% quoted material; if your work has more than this quantity, consult your teacher for advice.
- have native speakers or tutors correct your work. The correct role of a tutor is to help you to learn, not to boost your grade. A tutor may signal a limited number of specific errors or provide you with global comments (e.g. “You need to improve the organization by mentioning this idea earlier”.) Having a tutor correct your composition or homework is a violation of academic integrity.
