The following list defines and provides examples of Honor Code infractions:

Prohibited Use of Technology

Students may not access unauthorized electronic devices during testing situations.  If an unauthorized device is seen or heard at any time (including breaks) it may be confiscated and considered an Honor Code infraction.  This policy applies to, but is not limited to, phones; tablets; laptops; calculators; portable internet devices; mp3 players; and cameras.

Cheating

Cheating is the giving or receiving of unauthorized assistance or unfair advantage on any form of academic work.  Such acts include, but are not limited to:

• copying any assignment in whole or in part;
• allowing the copying of any assignment in whole or in part;
• unauthorized collaboration with others on independent assignments;
• talking or the use of signs or gestures during an assessment;
• unauthorized use of electronic devices during assessments;
• passing or discussing test or quiz information during a class period or from one class to members of another class;
• submission of pre-written writing assignments at times when assignments are supposed to be written in class;
• unauthorized use of study aids, notes, books, data, technology, or other information; and
• deception; sabotaging the projects or experiments of other students.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the copying of the language, structure, programming, computer code, ideas, and/or thoughts of another person and passing it off as one’s original work.  Such acts include, but are not limited to:

• submitting as one’s own work an essay or project (in whole or in part) authored by another person (peer, scholar, reference work, online source, etc.); and
• failing to use proper documentation (works cited, bibliography, parenthetical citations, footnotes, endnotes, etc.).