Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is required in all situations. Plagiarism and other forms of misrepresentation or dishonesty (including falsification of signatures) are grounds for failure. A student's written work is that person’s guarantee that the thoughts and expressions in it, except where credited to another source, are the student's own.

Dishonest work includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Help of any kind on examinations or tests.
• Using books, papers, or notes of any kind or in any part or copying from any other source without Instructor’s authorization, receiving help in preparation or revision of a paper to such an extent that it destroys the original character or individual style of the paper.
• Any other misleading or dishonest practices.
• Giving or receiving aid by communication.

At a minimum, penalties include loss of credit for the course but suspension and/or dismissal from the University are also possible sanctions. In a case of academic dishonesty, an Instructor may decide to give the student no credit for the work in question or for the course as a whole or may decide to recommend suspension or expulsion. If the student disagrees with the Instructor's decision, s/he may request in writing a review of the grade that follows the procedures specified in the Appealing a Grade section in this Bulletin.