The primary forms of academic fraud are:

1. Plagiarism

• • Plagiarism is quoting, paraphrasing or otherwise using another’s words or ideas as one’s own without properly crediting the source
  • All uncredited work is assumed to be, and should be, a student’s own. Any contribution, general or specific, of another individual should be noted

2. Multiple Submission

• • The resubmission of one’s own work in either identical or similar form that has been used for academic credit at this or any other institution (including high school)
  • Permission from the instructor must be obtained before turning in any version of a previously submitted work

3. Failure to Provide Citations

• • Specifics regarding the desired format of citations are at the discretion of the instructor
  • All quotations must be placed in visible quotation marks or separated from the rest of text if long
  • All quotations must be accompanied by a citation with the author’s name, date and place of publication, and page numbers
  • Paraphrasing must acknowledge the source from which the material was originally taken

4. False Citation

• • Any attribution to, or citation of, a source from which the referenced material was not in fact obtained
  • This includes the use of a quoted reference from a non-original (secondary) source while implying reference to the original (primary) source

5. Falsification of Data

• • Data that has been altered or contrived in such a way as to be deliberately misleading
  • Collaboration on lab reports, problem sets, etc. is not allowed unless authorized by the instructor

6. Unauthorized Aid, Tools, or Collaboration

This includes the use of any material (notes, lectures, other students’ work, internet resources, generative artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLM), etc.) that was not allowed by the instructor.  This includes:

• • Copying from another student, both students who give unauthorized aid and students who receive it have committed a violation
  • Sharing work and solutions from previous semesters
  • The use of another student’s ideas or work without the permission of the instructor

7. Violation of Examination Rules




8. Discipline-Specific Violations

Some academic areas have integrity standards that are specific to that discipline. To hold students responsible for violating discipline-specific standards, the departmental committee must establish unambiguously that the degree program instructed the student appropriately about these standards, such as through orientation or the syllabus.

8. Any other action or statement by a student to gain an inappropriate advantage in a course is potentially subject to these procedures.This could include misrepresentation to request an extension or other accommodation.