Academic Dishonesty Policy

Students who plagiarize, cheat, or fabricate course content will receive zero credit for the assignment. Any act of academic dishonesty will be reported and subject to disciplinary action.

Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone else's work as one's own. Examples include:

• Copying and pasting text from websites or other electronic sources and presenting it in an assignment as your own original

• Copying and pasting text from printed sources (including books, magazines, encyclopedias or newspapers) and presenting it in an assignment as your own original

• Using another student’s work and claiming it as your own original work (even if you have permission of the other student).

Cheating is the act of pretending (or helping others to pretend) to have mastered course material through misrepresentation. Examples include:

• Copying in whole or in part from another student's test or

• Allowing another student to copy from your test or

• Using the textbook, course handouts, or notes during a test without instructor

• Stealing, buying or otherwise obtaining all or part of a test before it is

• Selling or giving away all or part of a test before it is

• Having someone else attend a course or take a test in your

• Attending a course or taking a test for someone

• Failing to follow test-taking procedures, including talking during the test, ignoring starting and stopping times, or other disruptive

Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information. Examples include:

• Signing a roll sheet for another

• Giving false information to college

• Answering verbal or written questions in an untruthful

• Inventing data or sources of information for research papers or other