The Statement of Understanding is a two paragraph personal statement that:

· Provides your understanding of Academic Integrity module

· Provides your understanding of what is expected when you submit any and all work for a grade followed by a statement that you are committed to upholding academic integrity in completing all work in the course

This assignment has to be submitted in order to receive a grade for Assignment 1.  Faculty will apply the late assignment policy to Assignment 1 if the Academic Integrity module certificate and Statement of Understanding are not submitted to the Assignment Folder before Assignment 1 is due.

 NOTE:  ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM:

· copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit such as taking information from the Internet and not citing and referencing;

· using a paper or work submitted by another student and turning the work in as your own

· using any type of clearinghouse that offers assistance in writing assignments including learning activities;

· failing to put a quote in quotation marks

· giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation

· changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit

· copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not  

· falsifying citations or references

· using phrases, charts, figures, illustrations, or mathematical or scientific solutions without citing the source

· paraphrasing ideas without citing the source.

Academic dishonesty also includes purchasing or receiving an assignment from a clearinghouse or taking an assignment completed by another person or having another person complete the assignment.