Anthropology 310

Students enrolled in an Athabasca University course such as this one are considered to be responsible scholars, and are expected to adhere rigorously to the principles of intellectual honesty. Plagiarism is a form of intellectual dishonesty in which another’s work is presented as one’s own, and as is the case with any form of academic misconduct, plagiarism will be penalized. Depending on the circumstances, penalties may involve rejection of the submitted work; expulsion from the course or the program; or legal action.

Students sometimes commit plagiarism inadvertently. To avoid doing so, make certain that you acknowledge all your sources in a full and consistent manner. All direct quotes (quotations from the original work) and indirect quotes (paraphrases of ideas presented in the original work) must be acknowledged. You must provide the author’s name, the year of publication, and the page number from which the quote or information was taken. Full bibliographic information on each source cited must be given in the bibliography at the end of your essay. The Study Guide provides examples of the in-text citation and bibliographic style preferred by the American Anthropological Association. If you need further examples, please see

American Anthropological Association
2003  AAA Style Guide.
http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm,
accessed September 25, 2009.

Note: When you use a source from the Internet, you must supply the author’s name (if available), the title of the work, the date the work was posted or updated (if available), the URL and the date on which you located the item. For example,

Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
2009  Primate Info Net. http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/,
accessed September 25, 2009.

For further information on intellectual honesty, the student code of conduct, and student rights to appeal, see the Athabasca University Calendar.