Egregious Offenses

Plagiarism in which:

  1. The nature or extent of the offense indicates intentional dishonesty AND
  2. The plagiarism represents a significant portion of the submitted work OR
  3. The dishonesty is a third offense

Fabrication in which:

  1. The nature or extent of the offense indicates intentional dishonesty AND
  2. The fabrication represents a significant portion of the submitted work OR
  3. The dishonesty is a third offense

Cheating in which:

  1. There is pre-arrangement to cheat, i.e., preparing “cheat sheets” for an exam, obtaining an advance copy of the exam, etc. AND
  2. the cheating represents a significant portion of the submitted work OR
  3. the dishonesty is a second offense

All cases of Forgery and Alteration of Documents shall be considered egregious.

All second offenses shall be defined as serious or egregious.