Choose Integrity

• Complete all academic assignments by yourself.
• Don’t use any aids during an exam, including cellular devices, notes or websites.
• Acknowledge and cite source material in your papers or assignments.
• Don’t alter a graded exam and submit for regrade.
• Don’t copy another student’s assignment, in part or in total, and submit it as your own work.
• Don’t purchase help or assignment completion from anyone. And no, buying it does not make it yours.
• Don’t copy your online quiz or assignment answers from the internet or from anyone.

If in doubt about academic integrity, always return to this default position: produce independent work unless you are told otherwise. Always ask your instructor for guidance!

Cheating is the opposite of integrity. When we do not act with integrity, it may be called cheating, academic misconduct, academic dishonesty or an academic integrity violation.

Cheating happens when a student attempts to get academic credit in a way that is dishonest, disrespectful, irresponsible, untrustworthy or unfair.

Cheating misrepresents a student’s knowledge and abilities and undermines the instructor’s ability to honestly and fairly assess student knowledge.

Instructors have the authority to define cheating in their classes So, there will be different rules and expectations for every class, and maybe every assignment in the same class!