Plagiarism

Failure to Cite/Attribute = Plagiarism

What is plagiarism?

• Read a definition of what it means to plagiarize here.

 How does UC student policy view plagiarism?

• Look at the TSU Academic Integrity Statement for information on academic integrity. Academic dishonesty has serious consequences, including a failing grade in the class where you plagiarized and expulsion from the University.         

Detection of Plagiarism

• Tennessee State University has an account with an automated plagiarism detection service that allows instructors to submit student assignments to be checked for plagiarism. Instructors reserve the right to 

  • request that assignments be submitted as electronic files and

  • electronically submit assignments to SafeAssign.com.