Assignment #2: Lesson 1 ~ Academic Integrity Quiz

After reviewing the information about academic integrity, please read the following statements for instructors and students, and indicate your agreement by responding to the online quiz.

In this class, your instructor is responsible for ensuring that:

• The course is delivered with fairness and respect;
• Students are treated by their peers and instructor with fairness, respect, trustworthiness and honesty; and
• Students are provided with an atmosphere that promotes/enables responsibility and courage.

In this class, you (the student) are responsible for ensuring that:

• You treat your peers and instructor with respect and fairness; and
• You display honesty and trustworthiness.

You are responsible to yourself, the instructor and your fellow students to be prepared for class discussions and team project work. You are also responsible for showing courage to hold yourself, your fellow students and your instructor accountable for maintaining integrity during teamwork and throughout the course.

Integrity, and the values that contribute to it, are critical in all aspects of our lives and must be practiced at all times to ensure that, when you are tired, stressed or pressured, you will know by reflex the correct response. In the engineering discipline specifically, integrity is of the utmost importance because of the potential for loss of life, health and property. Practicing integrity within this class will help you build a foundation on which to rely when you encounter difficult situations in the future.

In this class, you would be cheating if you:

• Copy work from other sources (students, the Internet, etc.);
• Plagiarize (do not cite appropriate sources or use text word for word without appropriate quotations); or
• Misrepresent information or work.

In response to cheating or plagiarism, your instructor may charge you with a violation of the College's Code of Academic Conduct.

To help ensure that you and your fellow students are committed to developing an atmosphere for conducive learning and growth and for team projects, team members will develop a team contract that addresses fairness, respect, trustworthiness, honesty, responsibility and courage regarding the distribution of work, expectations, and outcomes. Team members will also conduct peer reviews mid-project and at the end of the project.

By agreeing, you certify that you have read the provided materials and that you understand the University's policy on academic integrity and plagiarism. You agree to uphold the University's standards for excellence in education by ensuring that your work is your own and is consistent with these policies. You are committed to participation, teamwork, and success with integrity.

In addition, by agreeing, you will also review The Pennsylvania University Libraries' resources for proper APA Citations.