Academic Integrity

The offense of academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following examples:

• Adding classes for credit hours, to get financial aid and not attending them
• Picking up loan checks after registration and not returning to actually attend classes
• Enrolling to claim student status, for car/medical insurance purposes and not actually attending classes
• Selling, or giving away, used lab manuals or shop workbooks containing written in answers
• Turning in the same paper (or giving the same report or speech) in more than one class, unless all faculty members involved have pre-approved in writing that the specific piece of work is eligible for credit in multiple classes
• Plagiarism (taking material from protected sources -print or internet- without citations of credit or permission)
• Aiding someone else to cheat or commit plagiarism
• Plagiarism by proxy - having someone else write or do homework assignments for you
• Cheating on a test
• Cheating by proxy - having someone else take a test for you
• Copying homework or lab assignments from others (and claiming credit)
• Lying to avoid the consequences of any of the above