All Students
are advised to refer to Assessment
Policy of Georgia Christian University
at www.gcuniv.edu, where Academic
misconduct includes, but is not limited
to the following actions.
| Plagiarism:
A student plagiarizes if student
uses the ideas, words or work
of another person as their own
ideas, words or work. Plagiarism
is to be distinguished from inadequate
and/or inappropriate attempts
to acknowledge the words, works
or ideas of someone else. Plagiarism
includes, but is not limited to: |
1. |
Copying unacknowledged passages
from textbooks; |
2. |
Reusing in whole or in part
the work of another student or
persons modified or otherwise; |
3. |
Obtaining materials
from the Web and submitting them,
modified or otherwise, as one's
own work; |
| Cheating:
A student is considered cheating
if student does not abide by the
conditions set for a particular
learning experience, items of
assessment and/or examination.
Cheating includes, but is not
limited to: |
1. |
Falsifying data obtained from
surveys or similar activities; |
2. |
Copying the answers of another
student in an examination or allowing
another students to copy answers
in an examination; |
3. |
Taking unauthorized
materials into an examination; |
4. |
Sitting in examination
for another student or having
another person at an examination
on behalf of oneself; |
5. |
Removing an examination
question paper from an examination
room where this is contrary to
instructions; |
6. |
Improperly obtaining
and using information about an
examination before an examination;
|
7. |
Making
changes to an assignment that
has been marked then returning
it for re-marking claiming that
it was not correctly marked. |
| Collusion:
A student colludes when student
works without the permission of
the instructor with another person
or persons to produce work which
is then presented as work completed
independently by the student.
Collusion includes, but is not
limited to: |
1. |
Writing the whole or part of
an assignment with another person; |
2. |
Using the notes
of another person to prepare an
assignment; |
3. |
Using the resource materials
of another person that have been
annotated or parts of the text
highlighted or underlined by another
person; |
4. |
Allowing another
student, who has to submit an
assignment on the same topic,
access to one's own assignment
under conditions which would give
that other student an advantage
in submitting his or her assignment. |
| Other:
A student commits an act of academic
misconduct when student inhibits
or prevents other people's legitimate
learning or teaching. Such actions
include but are not limited to: |
1. |
Any infringement
of the library rules, including
specifically (i) withholding books
from the library in such a way
as prevents other students having
access to the books at the time
they may need them (ii) defacing
books from the library, or (iii)
stealing books from the library; |
2. |
Any disruption
of classes; |
3. |
Any other conduct which unreasonably
impairs the rights of other persons
to pursue their work, studies
or research. |
|
Academic Misconduct
