Cheating

Cheating is a form of dishonesty where a student attempts to deceive the instructor. Cheating deprives a student of obtaining true knowledge or skill.

Examples of Cheating include:

• Copying from another student during a quiz, exam, homework, or assignment


• Obtaining the questions to a quiz or exam from a student who has already taken the quiz or exam


• Obtaining an unauthorized advance copy of an exam


• Unauthorized use of materials, such as a crib sheet, during a closed-book quiz or exam


• Collaboration on homework, assignments or take-home exams, unless specifically authorized by the instructor


• Altering answers on a scored test and submitting it for reevaluation


• Stealing or destroying information or assignments of other students


• Unauthorized use of electronic devices: this includes storing information on a calculator or other device for use during a quiz or exam and unauthorized use of computer programs


• Giving a false excuse for a delay in taking an exam or submitting homework or assignments


• Claiming to have handed in a paper, exam, quiz, homework, or assignment when you did not

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