Codes, Creeds, and Policies
Students might avoid asking for help because they don't want to be perceived this way by their professor
What is lazy/dumb/unprepared?
Process of using source material and putting it entirely in your own words
What is paraphrasing?
Two people who are affected when a student decides to cheat
Who is student, professor, parent, mentor?
Assisting another student intentionally or unintentionally in violating the Honor Code falls under this policy.
What is the complicity policy?
Located on the 7th floor of the Byrnes building and offering virtual or in-person appointments, this resource can help students at any stage of the writing process
What is the Writing Center?
Name of the aspirational statement of values that all members of the USC community should live by
What is the Carolinian Creed?
Policy that prevents students from recycling their own work on assignments
What is the self-plagiarism policy?
The most commonly assigned outcome for a first time Honor Code violation, such as cheating.
What is the Academic Integrity Workshop?
Number of students in violation of the Honor Code when one student asks another to sign them in on the attendance sheet
What is two?
Best person to ask when you have a question about assignments or how they should be completed in your class
Who is your instructor?
Name of the document that lists policies related to misconduct in regard to assignments for academic credit
What is the Honor Code?
Two citation styles
What are MLA, APA, or Chicago?
The most common Honor Code violation that falls under the cheating category.
What is use of unauthorized aid?
A way in which a student could violate the Honor Code by falsifying attendance documentation.
What is signing in when not present for the entire class or present at all/signing in for another student?
Online resource operated by a university in Indiana that outlines the rules for multiple citation styles, including how to create in-text citations and bibliographies
What is the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)?
Name of the document that provides policies that related to students' actions in and around the USC community
What is the Code of Conduct?
A way in which AI can be used to violate the plagiarism policy
What is prompting AI to write your essay/copying and pasting an AI response into your assignment?
A way in which AI can be used that violate the cheating policy
What is use when it is not authorized by your instructor for an assignment?
Document that students forge to receive an excused absence from class
What is a doctor's note or obituary?
Resource that offers supplemental instruction, 1on1 tutoring, peer writing help, and academic coaching - all free to students
What is the Student Success Center?
The 4 policies in which all Honor Code violations are categorized
What is cheating, plagiarism, falsification, and complicity?
Software in Blackboard that is utilized to make sure individual effort is met for each assignment, comparing work between students looking for similarity
What is SafeAssign?
Policy in place for students to have a second chance at success in a course without it affecting their GPA
What is the grade forgiveness policy?
If a student stated they could not access Blackboard at a certain time when an assignment was due, but the instructor view shows they did log in at the time of the due date, the student might be responsible for this.
What is falsification/interference or lying?
Resource students can contact to have an class absence excused, or to answer a university-related question if you're not sure who can help
What is the Office of Student Advocacy?