Cheating is defined as fraud,
deceit, or dishonesty in an academic assignment, or using or attempting
to use materials, or assisting others in using materials which are prohibited
or inappropriate in the context of the academic assignment in question.
Here are some examples:
Copying or attempting to
copy from others during an exam or on an assignment.
Communicating answers with
another person during an exam.
Preprogramming a calculator
to contain answers or other unauthorized information for exams.
Using unauthorized materials,
prepared answers, written notes, or concealed information during an
exam.
Allowing others to do an
assignment or portion of an assignment for you, including the use of
a commercial term-paper service.
Submitting the same assignment
for more than one course without prior approval of all the instructors
involved.
Collaborating on an exam
or assignment with any other person without prior approval from the
instructor.
Taking an exam for another
person or having someone take an exam for you.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as use of
intellectual material produced by another person without acknowledging its
source, for example:
Wholesale copying of passages
from works of others into your homework, essay, termpaper, or dissertation
without acknowledgment.
Using the views, opinions,
or insights of another without acknowledgment.
Paraphrasing
another person's characteristic or original phraseology, metaphor, or
other literary device without acknowledgment.
Academic Misconduct
Examples of academic misconduct
include:
Removing, defacing, or deliberately
keeping from other students library materials that are on reserve for
specific courses.
Contaminating laboratory
samples or altering indicators during a practical exam, such as moving
a pin in a dissection specimen for an anatomy course.
False
Information
Examples of academic misconduct
include:
Furnishing false information
in the context of an academic assignment.
Failing to identify yourself
honestly in the context of an academic obligation.
Fabricating or altering
information or data and presenting it as legitimate.
Providing false or misleading
information to an instructor or any other University official.
Theft or Damage of Intellectual
Property
Sabotaging or stealing another
person's assignment, book, paper, notes, experiment, project, electronic
hardware, or software.
Improper access to, or electronically
interfering with, the property of another person or the University via
computer or other means.
Obtaining a copy of an exam
or assignment prior to its approved release by the instructor.
Disturbances in the Classroom
Interference with the course
of instruction to the detriment of other students.
Disruption of classes or
other academic activities in an attempt to stifle academic freedom of
speech.
Failure to comply with the
instructions or directives of the course instructor.
Phoning in falsified bomb
threats.
Unnecessarily activating
fire alarms.
Alteration of University Documents
Forgery of an instructor's
signature on a letter of recommendation or any other document.
Submitting an altered transcript
of grades to or from another institution or employer.
Putting your name on another
person's exam or assignment.
Altering a previously graded
exam or assignment for purposes of a grade appeal or of gaining points
in a regrading process.
Distribution of Lecture Notes
Selling or distributing course
lecture notes, handouts, readers, or other information provided by an
instructor, or using them for any commercial purpose without the express
permission of the instructor.
False
Information 
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