Academic Honesty

The College has a firm policy concerning academic dishonesty, which includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, or any other action that misrepresents academic work as being one’s own. Cheating involves dishonesty in a test situation, and plagiarism involves dishonesty in the preparation of materials for presentation in a term paper or written or oral report. The penalties determined by the instructor may result in: mandatory withdrawal from the course; a warning; reexamination or rewriting of the paper; an “F” for an examination or paper; or an “F” for the course. Initial resolution of any difficulties should be handled in a conference between the student and the faculty member. However, an appeal procedure is available.

All students are expected to be familiar with the details of the Academic Honesty Policy [pdf].