Academic Integrity

Acts of dishonesty including theft, plagiarism, giving or obtaining information in examinations or other academic exercises, or knowingly giving false information are unacceptable. Substantiated violations are to be brought before the dean for disciplinary action. Such action may include, but is not limited to, academic probation or dismissal from the program. In all cases of academic dishonesty, the faculty member makes an academic judgment about the student’s grade, which usually results in a letter grade of an “F” on that work and in that course. All incidents are also reported to the Dean or Associate Dean for disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not necessarily limited to the following:

Copying from another student’s paper or from notes during examinations and quizzes or knowingly and willingly permitting or assisting others to copy from examinations, assignments, or lab materials.
Misrepresenting the work of others.
Plagiarizing or excessive paraphrasing of someone else’s work or ideas in a written assignment without attribution.
Fabrication and/or submission of scholarly materials not the product of one’s own efforts.
Interfering in a harmful way with another’s work (e.g., sabotaging work or illicit entry or deletion of computer data).
Excessive unexcused absences when such absence is detrimental to others.

Assignments, including group projects, must represent the original work of each student. Use of others' work (i.e. former students, non-enrolled students, paper mills, or published, Internet, or other “borrowed” materials) is considered plagiarism. Plagiarism, including cheating in the examination, represents failure to meet the academic standards of the University.

Refer to these sites for information: Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism Quiz; Avoiding Plagiarism (Links to an external site.);