The standards of academic integrity that we expect our students to uphold are uncompromising. Violations of academic integrity include cheating and plagiarism. Cheating is defined as knowingly using unauthorized assistance on examinations, skills tests, and so forth. Academic honesty is described in more detail in the Student Handbook.
Plagiarism is defined as taking ideas, writings, and so forth, from another and offering them as one's own. If a student fails to credit the original author with ideas or statements and puts them directly into his/her own writing or speech, this gives the false impression that he/she originated them. Plagiarism is another form of cheating. Infractions of these academic policies will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.