Cheating and Plagiarism Cheating or plagiarism is not tolerated and results in appropriate disciplinary action authorized by Board of Trustees Rule 4.01. The complete rule covering cheating or plagiarism is available in Student Services. Cheating is defined as the giving or taking of any information or material with the intent of wrongfully aiding oneself or another in academic work considered in the determination of a course grade. Plagiarism includes failure to use quotation marks or other conventional markings around material quoted from any printed source. Plagiarism also includes paraphrasing a specific passage from a specific source without accurately indicating that source.
Plagiarism further includes letting another person compose or rewrite a student assignment.
Graduation Requirements Students completing college transfer programs receive the Associate in Arts Degree, and are certified as completing general education requirements. Some technical courses cannot be used as electives in the A.A. degree programs, nor do College Prep courses apply toward graduation. See an Advisor for information regarding degree requirements and applicable courses. College prep courses do not apply toward A.S. degree requirements. All students planning to graduate must meet with an Advisor and apply for graduation in Student Services no later than the deadline published in the term schedule booklet.