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Academic Honesty

    STATEMENT ON ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM, AND CONDUCT
    FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
    COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

    The College cannot and will not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty by its students.  This includes, but is not limited to cheating on examinations, plagiarism, or collusion (explained below).

    Cheating on an examination includes:
    1.     Copying from another's paper, any means of communication with another during an           examination, giving aid to or receiving aid from another during an examination;
    2.     Using any material during an examination that is unauthorized by the proctor;
    3.     Taking or attempting to take an examination for another student or allowing another student to take or attempt to take an examination for oneself.
    4.     Using, obtaining, or attempting to obtain by any means the whole or any part of a not-yet-administered examination.
    Plagiarism is the unacknowledged incorporation of another's work into work which the student offers for credit.
    Collusion is the unauthorized collaboration of another in preparing work that a student offers for credit.

    For a more detailed description of each violation, reference the Student Code of Conduct Section 2-202F (www.uta.edu/studentaffairs/conduct)

    Resources:

    COE Statement of Ethics and Professionalism
    Slides suitable for use in a class

    Important Related Links:

    The Office of Student Conduct
    http://www.uta.edu/studentaffairs/conduct

    The UTA Library’s plagiarism page
    http://library.uta.edu/howTo/plagiarizing.jsp

    The UTA Library’s tutorial “Acknowledging Sources”
    http://library.uta.edu/tutorials/Plagiarism/