Academic Integrity | School of Early Childhood Education | Seneca Students

Academic Integrity at Seneca 

Below you will find links to some policies that are important to be aware of:

• Academic Appeal Policy
• Academic Integrity Policy and Academic Integrity Badges
• Library Subject Guides

The following summary of offences is not exhaustive nor is it limited to the descriptions and/or examples provided. All students involved will be subject to the penalties indicated in the Academic Integrity policy.

Contract cheating

A form of academic dishonesty in which a student’s academic work is completed by a third party on their behalf and submitted for academic credit. It may involve a fee paid to a third party.

Falsification

Misrepresenting or forging documentation, e.g., a medical record, an academic record or academic work of another student, to gain an academic advantage.

Impersonation

The act of taking a test, an examination, or any other assessment on another individual’s behalf, with their knowledge and consent.

Plagiarism

Using another individual’s work (e.g., words, images, ideas, logic, phrases, signatures or computations) and presenting it as one’s own, without properly citing the source.

Self-Plagiarism

All assignments must be original and completed within the semester. Students may not use any assignments from other courses, or from the same course from previous semesters. With the professor’s permission, students may use past course work in their current assignment, but it must be appropriately cited.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY EXAMPLES

Cheating and/or plagiarism are offenses which will not be tolerated by Seneca.  Such offenses occur when a student violates the procedures governing the administration of examinations, test or other means of evaluating student achievement in a subject or program. As honesty and integrity are central to the role of a Child Development Practitioner, cheating is viewed as very serious offense.

The following summary of offences is not exhaustive nor is it limited to the descriptions and/or examples provided. All students involved will be subject to the penalties indicated in the Academic Honesty policy.

1. Giving students answers to exam questions during the exam or while leaving the examination room, or telling other students who have their exam later, of the questions that appear on the exam. (Cheating)
    
2. Having unauthorized material or electronic devices during a test or exam. (Cheating)
    
3. Using, giving, receiving or attempting to use, give or receive unauthorized information during any form of evaluation. (Cheating)
    
4. Submitting as your own any material done, in whole or in part, by someone else. (Plagiarism)

5. Knowingly helping another student to commit an act of cheating by letting him/her view your answers, by lending your work, or by working together on a project not specifically assigned and or approved as a group effort. (Cheating)
     
6. Submitting any work copied, in whole or in part, from another source, such as the Internet, journal articles or books, without reference to the original author or source. (Plagiarism)
    
7. Allowing your essay, report, assignment or computer files to be submitted by another student as their own work. (Plagiarism)
    
8. Allowing another student to do your laboratory or field work for you. (Plagiarism)

9. Submitting as your own, in whole or in part, any work that is currently or has been previously graded in another course, without the prior permission of the professor, even if the student was the original author. (Plagiarism)
    
10. Submitting work with misleading references or data that do not reflect the sources you actually used. (Plagiarism)
     
11. In group and/or team work, submitting work in which you know or ought reasonably to have known that one or more components contain and/or involve an Academic Honesty offence. (Plagiarism)
     
12. Changing grades or answers on an assignment for the purpose of re-grading. (Falsification)
     
13. Falsifying, misrepresenting or forging an academic record or any other supporting documentation, medical or otherwise, for the purpose of gaining any type of academic advantage. (Falsification)
     
14. Forging a signature on or changing an academic assessment or report. (Falsification)
     
15. Deliberately changing or damaging an academic work of another student. (Falsification)
     
16. Taking a test, an examination or any other assessment for another person, or having another person take a test, an examination or any other assessment for you. (Impersonation)
     
17. Obtaining an exam or test, in whole or in part, in advance of its administration, without the permission of the professor. (Procurement)
     
18. Buying or otherwise obtaining reports, essays, assignments, or any other academic work, for submission as your own. (Procurement)
     
19. Selling or otherwise assisting with the purchase and/or sale of reports, essays, assignments or any other academic work for submission. (Procurement)