Academic Integrity: Acknowledgement of Process & Responsibility

Academic Integrity Statement

As a student at OU, you alone take responsibility for the work you submit in this course. Everything you submit is expected to be original work product or appropriately cited and referenced. Cheating is strictly forbidden. It devalues the degree you are working hard to get. As a member of the OU community, it is your responsibility to protect your educational investment by knowing and following the rules. Sanctions for academic misconduct can include expulsion from the University and an F in this course, so don't cheat. It is simply not worth it. 

Read "A Student's Guide to Academic Integrity"

What exactly constitutes academic misconduct? Visit OU's Academic Integrity website and review "A Student's Guide to Academic Integrity at the University of Oklahoma". 

You are expected to look through the guidelines before taking the Academic Integrity Pledge.

Take the "Academic Integrity Pledge"

By clicking on the red "Take the Quiz" button, you are acknowledging your responsibility to read and be familiar with "A Student's Guide to Academic Integrity," confirming that you intend to comply with OU's academic integrity code, and acknowledging that you understand that your work will be graded in accordance with OU's academic integrity code.

Suggested Activity: Review the Writing Expectations Presentation

The Writing Expectations presentation is in the Module Resources Related to Writing, Critical Thinking & Plagiarism Resources Related to Writing, Critical Thinking & Plagiarism.  The module contains several resources that can be helpful to students who are unfamiliar with the writing expectations in graduate school. 

The Writing Expectations presentation is particularly helpful to students in two ways:

• Grading Based on Demonstration of Higher Order Critical Thinking: As this is a graduate course, students are expected to move beyond typical undergraduate expectations of lower order critical thinking -- demonstrating recall. Graduate students are expected to consistently demonstrate higher order thinking -- analyzing evaluating, and applying information and concepts. The presentation explains the different levels. 
• TurnItIt and Similarity Reports: If you are not familiar with how the software works, the presentation walks you through how the software output relates to the grading process.