Academic misconduct is any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the College, or subvert the educational process. Examples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to:

1. Violation of course rules as contained in the course syllabus or other information provided to the student; violation of program regulations as established by departmental committees and made available to students. 

2. Knowingly providing or receiving information during examinations such as course examinations and candidacy examinations; or the possession and/or use of unauthorized materials during those examinations.

3. Knowingly providing or using assistance in the laboratory, on field work, or on a course assignment, unless such assistance has been authorized specifically by the course instructor.

4. Submitting plagiarized work for an academic requirement. Plagiarism is the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged, word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas. 

5. Submitting substantially the same work to satisfy requirements for one course that has been submitted in satisfaction of requirements for another course, without permission of the instructor of the course for which the work is being submitted. 

6. Falsification, fabrication, or dishonesty in reporting laboratory and/or research results. 7. Serving as, or enlisting the assistance of a substitute for a student in the taking of examinations. 

8. Alteration of grades or marks by a student in an effort to change the earned grade or credit. 

9. Alteration of academically-related college forms or records, or unauthorized use of those forms; and 

10. Engaging in activities that unfairly place other students at a disadvantage, such as taking, hiding or altering resource material, or manipulating a grading system. 

Any cheating or other act of academic dishonesty will be punished by an automatic “F” on that academic work. Other sanctions may be applied as well. See the college student handbook for specific examples of academic dishonesty, and possible sanctions.