Type of Plagiarism
Minimal plagiarism
 Inserting verbatim phrases of 2-3 distinctive
words
 Reordering but not paraphrasing the clauses
of a sentence
 Imitating the sentence, paragraph, or
organizational structure, or writing style of a
source
 Using a source's line of logic, thesis or ideas
without providing documentation/giving
credit to source
Course in which
Plagiarism Occurs
Any course
Substantial plagiarism
 Inserting verbatim sentences or longer
Any course
passages from a source with no
documentation
 Substituting synonyms into the original
sentence rather than rewriting the complete
sentence
 Combining paraphrasing with verbatim
sentences to create a paragraph or more of
text
 Engaging in minimal plagiarism throughout
the paper
 Second offense of minimal plagiarism in the
same class
Egregious plagiarism
 Submitting or presenting someone's complete Any course
published or unpublished work (paper, article,
or chapter)
 Submitting another student's work for an
assignment, with or without that person's
knowledge or consent
 Using information from a campus file of old
assignments
 Downloading a term paper from a web site
 Buying a term paper from a mail order
company or web site
 Second offense of substantial plagiarism in
the same class
When in the Course Plagiarism
Occurs
Sanction to be Assessed
First written assignment or before
plagiarism and documentation
have been discussed in the course
(Documentation discussion must
occur if research is used in the
course’s writing assignments)
Discuss with the student the error(s) and
require the student to rewrite the assignment
as a learning experience (must submit
Academic Integrity Incident Report)
After documentation and
plagiarism have been discussed in
the course (if research is used in
the course’s writing assignments)
At any time in the course
Assign grade of 0 on assignment (must submit
AIIR)
Assign grade of F in the course (must submit
AIIR)