Students have the responsibility for conducting themselves in such a manner as to avoid any suspicion that they are improperly giving or receiving aid on any assignment or examination. An academic irregularity not only includes cheating but also includes plagiarism (taking another’s ideas and/or words and presenting them as if they were your own) and the submitting of the same paper in separate courses without prior consent from the faculty members concerned.

In cases of suspected academic irregularity, faculty members are authorized to refuse to grade such papers, in whole or in part, or examinations and to record each of them as a failure.

If an academic irregularity is sufficiently serious, the faculty member shall notify the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs and submit any evidence of the irregularity. Upon reviewing the case the Vice President may take one or more of, but not limited to, the following actions:

1. Drop the student from the course with a grade of F;

2. Place the student on academic probation; and/or

3. Dismiss the student from the University.