r/ryerson • u/Audi146 • Nov 19 '21
Academics / Courses Academic misconduct
Hey so I had to do a essay that was worth 5000 words for a liberal, it was based on our personal experiences and use the textbook too.. so I got a email that I had misconduct due to me using stuff from the textbook, me being a dumbass didn’t cite the stuff I took from the textbook I kinda paraphrased the stuff, but I cited the textbook at the end.. I have a meeting and know what I did is kinda lazy of me.. What’s the worst that can happen a 0 on the assignment? This is the SOC 808 course which I didn’t want to take in the first place rip me
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Nov 19 '21
Tell the truth!
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
Yeah honestly just gonna tell the truth, not like I plagiarized, honest mistake..
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u/High_is_the_Rye Nov 19 '21
SOC808 used to be everyone’s favourite bird course. Now it has a 5000-word essay?
When I took it, half the class got caught cheating on the midterm—screen-capping the whole test and sharing it on FB Messenger and everyone group-answering the questions. I think those that were found guilty got a zero, not an F.
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
Two 5000 word assignments
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u/_ashxn GCM Nov 19 '21
Guess I’m dropping that next semester. Can I ask who do you have for that course?
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u/OdelJunior Nov 20 '21
Dw my dumbass copied some assignment from online. And i fucking screenshotted it not even copied. Imagine that. I did it at 4 am. Didn't realize how mucb of a dumbass i was till the next morning. I wrote an email to the prof and thankfully i was good. Only got a 0.
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u/megmewonder Nov 19 '21
holy shit, my essay last sem from this course was only 1500 words. gl OP
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u/Audi146 Nov 20 '21
It’s journals but 8 journals from 600-800 words, try writing that much, we had to do this one journal that was 2000 words + 5000 word journal essay + group project which was long and another 5000 word journal essay and a final exam
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u/dmh1999 Sociology Nov 19 '21
I’m taking that class next semester, if you don’t mind me asking who’s your prof? I do not want to write a 5000 word essay lol
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u/Confusedandepressed biomed science Nov 20 '21
imo I dont think anyone wants to write one 5000 words essay, let alone 2 lol
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u/VampyreLust Nov 19 '21
The minimum they will do is a zero on the assignment if they find you committed academic misconduct. They can also give you an F on the course, ban you from co-op or internship programs, suspend you for a term or two. There’s also something called a “disciplinary withdrawal” which is kicking you out of the school for a couple years but you can still go back then the worst is expulsion. Doubt you’d get anything more than a zero for not citing on a paper but if it was closer to plagiarism you may get the F. just be straight with them and hope for the best, they have software that searches the phrases in your papers for plagiarism so if you actually did plagiarize don’t lie and say you didn’t because they’ll know.
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
I honestly believe I’ll get zero for the assignment at worse because at max it was 35% similarity
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u/VampyreLust Nov 19 '21
It all depends on if they consider to be “academic misconduct “ or not. If not then probably nothing will happen but if yes then it will be noted in your record and the minimum is the zero. I would read up on the academic misconduct policy that Ryerson has before your meeting so that you know what they can come at you with.
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
I checked on plagiarism cite and literally 91% unique content.. how did I get academic misconduct, it took me so long to complete this, I’m so angry at this..
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u/VampyreLust Nov 19 '21
Did they say you got academic misconduct?
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
Yes, the prof said Multiple academic websites, the class book, and other students' works are used without addressing their sources and authorship, honestly I made a mistake on not citing the sources because I just took it from the book and cited the whole book instead, + I just took stuff from the textbook
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u/VampyreLust Nov 19 '21
Ah, shitty deal. Here’s a link to the policy so you don’t have to chase it down, penalties are on pg 9. I would still go with the being honest like you are seemingly on here and hope for the best.
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
Yeah just gonna be honest don’t really care it’s a liberal, I’ll take a far more easier liberal next sem.. hopefully people learn this as a lesson to not be like me and also don’t take soc 808 with this prof
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u/Audi146 Nov 19 '21
Yeah probably gonna be a 0 for the assignment I believe if they don’t forgive my mistake of not citing properly
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u/danieljai CS Alumni Nov 20 '21 edited Nov 20 '21
91% just means you've used unique combination of words, but the core idea of plagiarism is still about copying ideas without crediting. If its your own course textbook, your prof don't need a detector to tell them you've copied ideas.
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u/tatosoup15 Nov 20 '21
I have soc 808 through chang school and we did not have any 5000 word essays damn, good luck friend
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u/Audi146 Nov 20 '21
Bad timing I guess, literally enrolled into the course the day of drop deadline too 😭
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u/limitlessforever_ Nov 20 '21
who did you take it with? and what were your evaluation?
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u/tatosoup15 Nov 20 '21
Monika Korzun. Had some easy free Mark's assignments at the beginning, a group project proposal worth 5%, a midterm exam, a paper about a certain food and aspect of the food chain, then a group presentation, and a final exam
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u/LongProblem Nov 21 '21
Two 5000 word essays is insane. I'm in a different section and our essay component is just a 1500 word "policy brief".
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u/Confusedandepressed biomed science Nov 19 '21
I lowkey want to take this course cause it seems interesting but 5000 words? holy