Academic Dishonesty/Students w/Accessibility Needs

Academic Integrity (from Academic Dishonesty, Cerritos College Class Schedule)

Academic Dishonesty is defined as the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for work by using any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Examples of academic dishonesty would include, but not be limited to the following:

• Copying, either in part or in whole, from another’s test or examination;

• Discussion of answers or ideas relating to the answers, on examination or test when the instructor prohibits such discussion;

• Obtaining copies of an exam without the permission of the instructor;

• Using notes, “Cheatsheets,” or otherwise utilizing information or devices not considered appropriate under the prescribed test conditions;

• Altering a grade or interfering with the grading procedures in any course;

• Allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent the same;

• Plagiarism is defined as the act of taking the ideas, words, or specific substantive material of another and offering them as one’s own without giving credit to the source.

The faculty member may take options to the extent that the faculty member considers cheating or plagiarism to manifest the student’s lack of scholarship or reflect on the student’s lack of academic performance in the course. One or more of the following actions are available to the faculty member who suspects a student has been cheating or plagiarizing:

1. Review-no action.

2. An oral reprimand with emphasis on counseling toward prevention of further occurrences.

3. A requirement that work is repeated.

4. A reduction of the grade earned on the specific work in question, including the possibility of no credit for the work.

5. A reduction of the course grade due to item 4 above, including the possibility of a failing grade for the course.

6. Referral to the Office of Judicial Affairs for further administrative action, such as suspension or expulsion

For this course, cheating will result in a zero score for the assignment. If a student is suspected of subsequent cheating items 5 and 6 above will be considered.