Plagiarism: UC Irvine, UC Berkeley And Cal State University

Plagiarism, can be one of the many issues of a student’s academic life, it is simple to understand what plagiarism is defined to be but may seem tough to bypass. There are many different types of plagiarism but in terms of English it can be classified as “Intellectual theft”. From the defined definition from dictionaries, plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own work. “Plagiarism derives from the Latin word “Plagiarus” which translates to kidnapper” (Shiva). Although majority of Universities around America have their own definition for “Plagiarism”. In spite of this, the will be focusing on three different colleges consisting of UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, and Cal State University, Los Angeles defining their definition of “Plagiarism” and analyze the effects of doing it.
To be able to understand, we will begin reviewing UC Berkeley’s definition of “Plagiarism” as UC Berkeley’s Academic Integrity Policy states
“Plagiarism is the appropriation of …show more content…
plagiarizing on just about any assignment will result in being subjected to disciplinary action under their academic honesty. This will lead to academic consequences consisting of “expulsion, suspension, probation, withdrawal of a degree or being assigned a lowered grade, zero or “F” on an individual assignment, or lowering the student’s grade or assigning an “F” in the course”. Having similar consequences to UC Irvine’s and UC Berkeley’s “Academic Integrity