Cheating and Plagiarism

A student using other than approved materials when taking a test or who gives or receives information during an examination is guilty of cheating. Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as one's own. The "work of others" includes any work bought or borrowed from another student as well as work copied from a book, magazine, newspaper, or other medium. It also includes using references that were not in fact read. Complicity in another's act of plagiarism is itself an act of plagiarism. These acts are considered academic violations and are covered by the Statement on Campus Rights and Responsibilities in the Student Handbook. Discovery of cheating or plagiarism could lead to the maximum sanction - course failure and expulsion from the University.