2.1 Types of Academic Misconduct

Representing the words, ideas, images, data or other analogous work of another individual or other source as your own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, online examination, presentation or poster in a course, program of study or scholarly activity. Also, improperly quoting, paraphrasing, citing or referencing (or neglecting to quote, paraphrase, cite or reference) the sources from which you obtained ideas, information, images, etc.

Acting dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an academic advantage. There are five sub-categories of cheating:

Collusion/Inappropriate Collaboration
Unauthorized or illegitimate cooperation between two or more people on an assessment that was to be completed individually.

Editorial Assistance
Representing another's substantial editorial or compositional assistance on an assessment as your own work.

Unauthorized Source
Obtaining or attempting to obtain information from another person or other unauthorized source, giving or attempting to give information to another person, or using, attempting to use or possessing for the purposes of use any unauthorized materials, tools or devices. 

Unauthorized Resubmission
Submitting (without consent from the instructor) all or a portion of any academic writing, essay, thesis, research report, project, assignment, presentation or poster for which credit has previously been obtained or which has been or is being submitted in another course or program of study in the university or elsewhere. If instructor consent has been given, you are still committing self-plagiarism if you do not properly cite or reference your previous piece of academic work.

Contract Cheating
Having another person, company or service complete all or a substantial portion of any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, examination, presentation or poster in a course or program of study. May or may not involve some form of compensation.

Submitting in any course or program of study any academic writing, essay, thesis, report, project, assignment, presentation or poster containing a statement of fact known to be false, a reference to a source known to contain fabricated claims (unless acknowledged), or a fabricated reference to a source. Failing to provide pertinent information, or providing falsified information, on an application or other educational document. Altering a transcript or other education document. Representing or attempting to represent yourself as another person or having another person represent or attempt to represent themself as you. Giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something to any member of the university community for the purpose of obtaining academic advantage. 

Procuring, distributing, or receiving any academic material generated by a member of the university community or the contents thereof without prior and express consent. Selling, taking, distributing or sharing course or research materials not owned by the student without the instructor's or owner's consent.

Counselling, encouraging or knowingly aiding or assisting, directly or indirectly, another person in the commission of academic misconduct.

Contravening the requirements set out in the Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy and/or its related procedure and appendices in a course or program of study.