Academic Integrity

(opens in a new window)Academic Integrity - Notes on Referencing, Citation & Avoiding Plagiarism, Plagiarism Defined and Academic Integrity

Appeals & Grade Checking

The School employs an informal grade checking process to students who may be dissatisfied with their provisional exam result, or who suspect that an incorrect grade has been awarded. In these circumstances, students should complete the School's Application for Grade Review form available here. This form allows students to submit a query with the school in relation to the technical accuracy of the grade. Students may also wish to view their examination script and if so, the School Office will contact the student with a proposed date and time for this viewing.

Students should note that this is not requesting a reassessment of the awarded grade but a technical check only that the grade awarded by the examiner was the one entered into the grade system. Students who have received the results of the technical check and who are still dissatisfied may proceed to make a formal appeal.

Further information and applications forms to request an appeal are available to download from this site or from the UCD Assessment Appeals Office.

Contact:

Student Engagement, Conduct, Complaints and Appeals Office
L112, James Joyce Library Building

Email: (opens in a new window)assessment.appeals@ucd.ie
Tel: 01 716 7132 

Plagiarism Policy

The School of Sociology takes the issue of plagiarism and unacknowledged referencing very seriously. The University defines plagiarism as:

the inclusion of another person’s writings or ideas or works, in any formally presented work (including essays, theses, projects, laboratory reports, examinations, oral, poster or slide presentations) which form part of the assessment requirements for a module or programme of study, without due acknowledgement either wholly or in part of the original source of the material through appropriate citation. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty, where ideas are presented falsely, either implicitly or explicitly, as being the original thought of the author’s. The presentation of work, which contains the ideas, or work of others without appropriate attribution and citation, (other than information that can be generally accepted to be common knowledge) is an act of plagiarism (Academic Secretariat, UCD Registry, Plagiarism Policy: Section 1).

N.B. Resubmitting one’s own work for another assignment ALSO constitutes plagiarism.

When submitting an assignment on Brightspace, students agree that the work they have submitted is their own and that they have not plagiarized.

If students are found to have submitted work that is characterized by plagiarism or unacknowledged referencing, they will be given either an F or G Grade according to the UCD Module Grade Descriptors. The Grade Descriptors may be accessed here.

Such students will be required to meet their Module Coordinator and will be given a formal warning. This will also be recorded on their student record.

If a student is found to have plagiarized on a second occasion, the student will be required to meet the Deputy Registrar for Teaching and Learning and may be expelled from the university.

The University Policy on Plagiarism may be found here.

The UCD School of Sociology Palgiarism Protocol may be found here.

Sociology Intranet

You can view policy and regulations specific to the UCD School of Sociology on the School's (opens in a new window)Intranet. You will need to be logged in to your ucdconnect account in order to access the site.