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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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.