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Graduate Handbook

Academic Misconduct

The policy of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is as follows:

Plagiarism or cheating may result in grade reduction and/or other serious penalties. You are plagiarizing or cheating if you:

  • Present the ideas of others as your own without giving credit to the source.
  • Use direct quotations without quotation marks and without giving credit to the source.
  • Participate in a group project where the work presented is not each student's own.
  • Submit the same paper for credit in more than one course without discussing this option with the instructors involved.
  • Submit material written by someone else as your own. This includes purchasing a term or research paper.
  • Submit a paper or assignment for which you have received so much help that the writing and ideas are not your own.
  • Copy someone else's exam, graded homework, or laboratory work.
  • Refer to a text, class notes, laboratory, or other materials during an exam without being authorized to do so.
  • Purposefully allow another student to copy your work or to submit work you have written as his/her own.
  • Collaborate with others on a take-home exam, or spend more time than that specified by the instructor on a take-home exam.

If you are unsure about the proper use of sources, the extent to which collaboration on an assignment is permissible, or exam or assignment directions, talk to your instructor.

Disciplinary Action by the Instructor

An instructor who suspects you of plagiarism or cheating must inform you as soon as possible. Instructors who detect cheating or plagiarism may, in consultation with the Departmental Executive Officer (DEO), decide to reduce your grade for the assignment or in the course, even to assign an F. The DEO sends a written report of the facts in the case and the action taken by the instructor to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs; a copy is sent to the student.

Disciplinary Action by the Dean

The Associate Dean for Academic Programs or the Committee on Student Academic Conduct may uphold, as the offense may warrant, the following or other penalties: placement on disciplinary probation until graduation, suspension from the College for a semester or longer, or recommendation of expulsion from the University by the President.

Appeals

If you feel that the finding of plagiarism or cheating is in error or the penalty unjust, you may request a hearing. Complete information is available in the Office of Academic Programs.

Record of Disciplinary Action

Reports of student academic misconduct reside only in the Office of Academic Programs and are destroyed when the student graduates, or after five years if the student has left the university or has not graduated. Notation of disciplinary action does not appear on a student's permanent record.

Questions about the procedures described above can be answered by the Office of Academic Programs, 116 Schaeffer Hall, 335-2633.

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