Sociology 427 – Course Guide

Students registered in Athabasca University courses are considered to be responsible scholars and are expected to conform to the principles of intellectual integrity.

Presenting another’s work (even a few words) as one’s own is intellectual dishonesty and may result in rejection of the submitted work; expulsion from the course or the program; or legal action, depending on the circumstances. All direct and indirect quotes, paraphrased passages, ideas, images, and tabular and statistical information that you use from other sources (including electronic sources) must be documented using an acceptable source citation style. This includes identifying, within the text of your work, anything that is not your original work. Full bibliographic information on each source cited, including the author’s name, the title of the work, the place of publication, the publisher, and the year of publication, must be given in footnote or endnote style, or in a reference list or list of works cited at the end of your essay or assignment.

Further, all assignments submitted for this course must be original work written for this course. The submission of assignments or parts of assignments completed for other courses is considered academic misconduct and will be subject to discipline.

More information on this important matter can be found in the online Athabasca University Calendar under “Academic Misconduct Policy.”