UB Undergraduate Advising

Academic Integrity

The University at Buffalo has a responsibility to promote academic honesty and integrity and to develop procedures to deal effectively with instances of academic dishonesty. Students are responsible for the independent and honest completion and representation of their work, for the appropriate citation of sources, and for respect for others' academic endeavors. By placing their name on academic work, students certify the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgments.

Breaches of academic integrity include copying or receiving material from a source and submitting this as one's own work, selling academic assignments, and submitting previously submitted work. For a complete definition of academic dishonesty see the Academic Integrity Policy and Procedures section of the Undergraduate Catalog and the UB Academic Integrity website.

You are encouraged to learn more about academic integrity and how to appropriately use and cite resource materials. Some helpful resources include:

• Consult your professor, review the course syllabus, and review any resources provided by your department or advisor
• Visit the UB Learning Center - The Writing Place
• Consult the UB Libraries Research Assistant Tutorial (see the section on "Citing Sources")
• Select from helpful web resources - notably those provided on the web by the Center for Academic Integrity. Documents we found especially useful include these links:
• "Academic Integrity: A Letter to My Students" by Bill Taylor, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL