Student Academic Responsibility Code

A. Bribery

The offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of anything of value in order to obtain a grade or consideration a student would not expect to achieve from his or her academic performance.

B. Cheating

1. Any conduct during a program, course, quiz or examination that involves the unauthorized use of written or oral information, or information obtained by any other means of communication.
2. The buying, selling or theft of any examination or quiz before its administration.
3. The unauthorized use of any electronic or mechanical device during any program, course, quiz, or examination, or in connection with laboratory reports, or other materials related to academic performance.
4. The unauthorized use of laboratory reports, term reports, theses or written materials in whole or in part.
5. The unauthorized collaboration on any test, assignment or project.
6. Participating in, or permitting, any of the above activities as defined in B, 1-5.

C. Lying

Lying is the deliberate misrepresentation by words, actions or deeds of any situation or fact, in part or whole, for the purpose of avoiding or postponing the completion of any assignment, duties, test or examination in a course, internship or program.

D. Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the act of taking an idea, writing or work of another and presenting it as the product of one’s own activity, whether in whole or in part. It is the fraudulent use of the work of another person. A person has committed plagiarism when he or she:

1. Submits the words, sentences, ideas, conclusion and/or examples from a source — a book, an article, another student’s paper, etc. — without acknowledging the source.
2. Submits another person’s work instead of his or her own work.
3. Allows another student, or students, to take all or part of his or her course and/or.
4. Knowingly aids another student in plagiarizing an assignment as defined in D, 1-3. examination