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Below is a list of offenses (not all-inclusive) that constitute academic dishonesty: Looking on another person's test paper for answers Giving another student answers on tests, homework, or lab projects Sharing exam content with a student who will take a make-up exam is considered cheating by both parties Using any kind of "cheat sheets" on a test or project including texting or cell phone pictures Using a computer, calculator, dictionary, or notes when not allowed Discussing exam questions with students who are taking the same class at another time Plagiarism, or using the words or works of others without giving proper credit. Taking another student's class notes without permission Using an annotated instructor's edition of a text Having others do your homework for you Submitting the same paper for more than one class during your enrollment. Submitting the same assignment as another student has submitted is considered cheating by both parties Copying files from a lab computer or borrowing someone else's disk with the work on it Bribing a student for answers or academic work such as papers or projects Buying or acquiring papers or test banks from any source Assisting others with dishonest acts Inaccurate recording, falsifying or altering records Breaches in confidentiality rules Top 10 Questions You Should Ask Yourself about Academic Integrity If other people found out about your actions, could you defend what you did? Is the action you are taking worth the risk and the stress? a Is it worth failing the course (or worse) if the instructor knew you cheated? How would you feel about being expelled from school for this action? Is your decision fair to all people concerned? Does your decision make you proud of who you are as a person? Have you made a carefully thought-out, responsible, mature decision regardless of what everyone else isdo doing? Is it the right thing to do? If this action were to appear in the headlines of the newspaper tomorrow morning, would you feel proud? If your family knew about your decision, would they be proud of you? FORMS OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY There are several other kinds of actions that are considered offenses against the standards of academic honesty, and among theseare plagiarism, cheating, impersonation, aiding and abetting, collusion and falsification and fabrication, defined as follows: CHEATING Cheating is any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal academic exercise (like an examination) without due acknowledgment.' Some forms of cheating include getting a copy of an exam or finding out an exam question before it is officially available; copying another person's answer to an exam question; consulting an unauthorized source during an exam (i.e. cell phone, calculator, cheat sheet, hand signals, color codes); submitting the work one has done for one class or project in a second class; submitting work prepared in collaboration with other members of a class without authorization from the instructor; submitting work prepared in whole or in part by another person and representing that work as one's own. PLAGIARISM InterCoast practices a ZERO TOLERANCE policy regarding Plagiarism but at the same time, we understand that sometimes suchinstances may be inadvertent or unintentional, especially with the ease of access to information via the Internet. Definition of Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the adoption or reproduction of original creations of another author (person, collective, organization, community or other type of author, including anonymous authors) without due acknowledgment, and is a form of academic dishonesty. Any use of the work of others, whether published, unpublished or posted electronically (e.g., on web sites), attributed or anonymous, must include proper acknowledgement. InterCoast Colleges School Catalog 44 1 Page