Academic Honesty

Students must assume responsibility for maintaining honesty in all work submitted. Students are also expected to report suspected incidents of academic dishonesty to an instructor or Dean of Academic Affairs. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Cheating

Cheating is the use of unauthorized, inappropriate and unacknowledged materials, information, or study aids during any academic assignment, exercise, or examination. For example:

• Unauthorized technology during an examination (calculators, laboratory equipment, etc.)

• The use of notes, course materials and study aids that are not authorized.

• Looking at other students’ work during an assignment, exercise, or examination where collaboration is not allowed.

• Attempting to communicate with other students in order to get help during an assignment, exercise, or examination where collaboration is not allowed.

• Obtaining an exam or the answers to an exam prior to its administration.

• Altering graded work and submitting it for re-grading.

• Unethically obtaining work from another student, copying any portion of that work and submitting that portion of the work as their own.

• Allowing another person to do one’s work or a portion of one’s work and submitting it as one’s own.

• Submitting work done in one class for credit in another without the instructor’s permission.

• Obstructing or interfering with another student’s academic work.

• Undertaking any activity intended to obtain an unfair advantage over other students.

• For online courses this includes submitting others' work, entering discussion threads under false pretenses, or not complying with instructor authorship rules.

Fabrication

Fabrication is the intentional use of false information or the invention of any information used in an academic exercise. For example:

• Citing information not taken from the source indicated.

• Listing sources in a bibliography not used in the academic exercise.

• Inventing data.

• Submitting any academic exercise prepared totally or in part for/by another.

• Taking a test for another student or permitting another student to take a test for oneself.

• Submitting work previously used for credit in another course without permission from the instructor.

Facilitating Academic Dishonesty

Facilitating academic dishonesty is aiding another person in an act that violated the standards of academic honesty. For example:

• Allowing students to look at one’s own work during an assignment, exercise or examination where collaboration is not allowed.

• Providing information, material, or assistance to another person knowing that it may be used in violation of the course, departmental or university academic honesty policy.

• Providing false information in connection with any academic honesty inquiry.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the representation, whether deliberate or unintentional, of an idea, phrase, or other materials from a source without proper acknowledgement as one’s own in any academic exercise. For example:

• Misrepresentation of sources used in a work for which the student claims authorship.

• Improper use of course materials in a work for which the students claims authorship.

• Use of papers purchased from another student or online and turned in as one’s own work.

• Submitting written work, such as laboratory reports, computer programs, or papers, which have been copied from the work of other students with or without their knowledge and consent. The risk of plagiarism can be avoided in written work by clearly indicating, either in footnotes or in the paper itself, the source of any major or unique idea or wording that you did not arrive at on your own. Sources must be given regardless of whether the material is quoted directly or paraphrased. Any questions about what constitutes plagiarism should be discussed with the institution librarian or a faculty member.

Any violated of academic honesty is a serious violation and therefore is subject to a disciplinary action up to and including withdrawal from the program.

Code of Conduct                     

Students must conduct themselves in a professional manner and comply with all University rules as set forth here and in any other University publications or in written or verbal notices given by University staff or faculty. Any student whose conduct violates the rules will be subject to suspension or dismissal. In the event of dismissal, tuition shall be based on the refund policies and student will not be allowed to return to the university.  

University of Antelope Valley does not permit or tolerate the following conduct on its campuses, at externships, or on clinical sites:

• Academic Dishonesty

• Theft of any kind

• Falsification of any records, including attendance

• Plagiarism

• Computer fraud, software pirating, or accessing pornographic sites on the Internet

• Unauthorized installation or removal of software on any computer

• Unauthorized alteration of any computer software or hardware

• Destroying, defacing, or misusing school property or another student’s or a school employee’s property

• Prejudicial or discriminatory behavior

• Carrying weapons on campus

• Physical abuse or harassment

• Impropriety of a sexual nature, including sexual harassment

• Use of illicit drugs or intoxicants or entering the University possessing or while under the influence of such.

• Violent, threatening, disorderly, disruptive, or offensive behavior or language

• Behavior harmful to the school’s image, function, or contractual arrangements or interfering with or distracting from the educational process.

• Behavior that indicated the student is unwilling or unable to act in a professional manner.

• The use of any tobacco product in the buildings, and eating or drinking in hallways, classrooms, or any location other than designated areas.

• Bringing animals onto college property.  No animals are allowed on the premises unless they are assisting the physically impaired or are being used as classroom subjects.

• Bringing children into the University teaching areas is not recommended.  The University does not provide childcare services and cannot assume responsibility for their health and safety.

• Failure to comply with all emergency evacuation procedures, disregarding safety practices, tampering with fire protection equipment or violation of any other health and safety rules or regulations.

The student conduct code includes obeying municipal, state, and federal laws.

In addition to the regulations above, UAV has established the following “Netiquette” guidelines for participation in threaded discussions and chat rooms for online courses:

• Read carefully what you receive to make sure you understand the message.

• Read carefully what you send, to make sure that your message will not be misunderstood.

• If you are using humor or sarcasm, make sure to clearly label it as such. Well-intended sarcasm is seldom effective online.

•  Remember that the absence of cues associated with face-to-face communication provides for an environment where it's easy to misunderstand what is being said.

•  Make sure that the person, or list of people, you are sending your message to are the appropriate one(s) with whom to communicate.

• Be patient with users that are new to online learning or computer technology.

• Avoid cluttering your messages with excessive emphasis (such as stars, arrows and emoticons). It may make the message hard to follow.

• If you are responding to a message, either include the relevant part of the original message in your message, or make sure you unambiguously refer to the original's contents. It's very possible that people will read your reply to the message before they read the original. Do not quote more than necessary to make your point clear. Please do not quote the entire message.

• Be specific, especially when asking questions.

• Always, always put your name in the text of your message, and also your best Email address for a reply.

• Do not type in all UPPERCASE characters. This gives the appearance of shouting and makes the message less readable.

• Remember that not all readers have English as their native language, so make allowance for possible misunderstandings and unintended discourtesies.