BIOL 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Distance Education, Apa Style, Academic Integrity
7 Mar 2016
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The course examines past and present human interactions with nature from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Topics such as: evolution, natural selection, speciation, current global issues. Academic integrity - a code of ethics for teachers, students, researchers, and writers. Academic misconduct - a general term for the act of perpetrating academic offences detrimental to the university"s learning environment. Plagiarism - misrepresenting ideas as your own. Copying - same as plagiarism but using others work. Unauthorized co-operation or collaboration - working with others with asking a prof first. Falsification - presenting false information (made up facts) Withholding - withhold academic documents giving an unfair advantage. Unauthorized aids and assistance - using a scientific calculator etc. Preventing access to materials - restricting the use of academic materials such as the library. Obstruction and interference - interfere with scholarly abilities of another, or alter or falsify others work to give yourself academic advantage.
