Cheating is the unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aids, devices or communication during an academic exercise.
Examples of cheating include:
- Copying from another student during an examination or allowing another to copy your work
- Unauthorized collaboration on a take-home assignment or examination
- Using notes during a closed-book examination
- Taking an examination for another student, or asking or allowing another student to take an examination for you
- Changing a graded exam and returning it for more credit
- Submitting substantial portions of the same paper to more than one course without consulting each instructor
- Preparing answers or writing notes in an exam booklet before an examination
- Allowing others to research and write assigned papers or do assigned projects, including the use of commercial term paper services
- Giving assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty
- Fabricating data
- Unauthorized use of electronic devices such as cell phones, text messaging devices, palm pilots, computers or other technologies to retrieve or send information during an exam
