For complete information about Student Standards of Conduct, please refer to the PCC Student Handbook. PCC assumes that you have read the handbook and that you will adhere to PCC regulations, comply with the laws of the local community, and take personal responsibility for your conduct.
PCC is committed to providing you a superior educational experience. Because academic integrity is a critical component of this experience, we expect you to maintain the highest standards of integrity while you are here. Please read and be aware of the following general information:
The following violations of academic integrity will result in disciplinary action (this is not an exhaustive list of all acts of academic dishonesty; rather, it is a guide to help you understand what constitutes academic dishonesty):
1. Any act of academic dishonesty, including
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Cheating – intentionally using or trying to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any work submitted for credit or hours.
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Fabrication – deliberate falsification or invention of any information or citation in work submitted for credit or hours.
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Facilitating Academic Dishonesty – helping another student violate a provision of the institutional code of academic integrity.
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Plagiarism – the deliberate adoption or reproduction of ideas or words or statements of another person as one’s own without acknowledgment.
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Unauthorized Collaboration – sharing information or working together in an academic exercise when such actions are not approved by the course instructor.
2. Unauthorized possession of examinations, answer keys, reserve library materials, computer software, computer codes, or laboratory materials.
3. Unauthorized changing of grades on an examination, or in an instructor’s grade book or grade report; or unauthorized access to academic computer records.
4. Nondisclosure or misrepresentation in filling out applications or other PCC records in, or for, academic departments or divisions.
5. Unauthorized selling or purchasing of examinations, papers, computer programs, and/or assignments.