Serious Offenses

Plagiarism in which:

  1. The nature or extent of the offense indicates intentional dishonesty AND
  2. The plagiarism represents a minor portion of the submitted work, but the inclusion without detection of fraudulent portions could potentially raise the grade for the assignment OR
  3. The dishonesty is perpetrated by a junior or a senior OR
  4. The dishonesty is a second offense

Fabrication in which:

  1. The nature and extent of the offense indicates intentional dishonesty AND
  2. The fabrication represents a minor portion of the submitted work, but the inclusion without detection of fraudulent portions could potentially raise the grade for the assignment OR
  3. The dishonesty is perpetrated by a junior or a senior OR
  4. The dishonesty is a second offense

Cheating in which:

  1. There is no pre-meditation to cheat AND
  2. The cheating represents a minor portion of the submitted work, but the inclusion without detection of fraudulent portions could potentially raise the grade for the assignment

There are no Serious Offenses of Forgery and Altering Documents.