Defined Acts of Academic Dishonesty
Formal Definition of Academic Dishonesty: Academic Dishonesty is any form of behavior which results in students giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in an academic exercise or receiving credit for work which is not their own.
Cheating—using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise. The term academic exercise includes all forms of work submitted for credit or hours.
Fabrication—unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.
Plagiarism—the adoption or reproduction of ideas, words, or statements of another person as one’s own without acknowledgment.
Unauthorized Collaboration—sharing information or working together in an academic exercise when such actions are not approved by the course faculty member.
Facilitating Academic Dishonesty—helping or attempting to help another to violate a provision of the institutional code of academic integrity.
(This list is not meant to be exhaustive of all acts of academic dishonesty, but is a guide to help faculty members and students understand what constitutes academic dishonesty.)