The Code of Student Academic Integrity governs the responsibility of students to maintain integrity in academic work, defines violations of the standards, describes procedures for handling alleged violations of the standards, and lists applicable penalties. The following conduct is prohibited in the Code as violating those standards:

A.   Cheating.  Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices in any academic exercise.  This definition includes unauthorized communication of information during an academic exercise.

B.   Fabrication and Falsification.  Intentional and unauthorized alteration or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise. Falsification is a matter of altering information, while fabrication is a matter of inventing or counterfeiting information for use in any academic exercise.

C.   Multiple Submission.  The submission of substantial portions of the same academic work (including oral reports) for credit more than once without authorization.

D.   Plagiarism.  Intentionally or knowingly presenting the work of another as one’s own (i.e., without proper acknowledgment of the source). The sole exception to the requirement of acknowledging sources is when the ideas, information, etc., are common knowledge.  (NOTE:  For more information regarding plagiarism, see PLAGIARISM Appendix at legal.uncc.edu/policies/up-407#appendix)

E.   Abuse of Academic Materials.  Intentionally or knowingly destroying, stealing, or making inaccessible library or other academic resource material.

F.   Complicity in Academic Dishonesty.  Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.

G.   Group Work.  For group work, responsibility for ensuring that academic integrity standards are followed is shared by all members of the group.  In cases where an individual student is able to demonstrate that he/she neither knew of nor participated in academic dishonesty, that individual student is not guilty of academic dishonesty.

A full explanation of these definitions, and a description of procedures used in cases where student violations are alleged, is found in the complete text of University Policy 407, The Code of Student Academic Integrity, as it may be modified from time to time.  Students are advised to contact the Dean of Students Office or visit legal.uncc.edu/policies/up-407 to ensure they consult the most recent edition.