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providing or receiving unauthorized assistance on any form of academic work or engaging
in any behavior expressly prohibited by the instructor in the module syllabus or class
presentation.
• Plagiarism: Plagiarism includes the copying of language, structure, images, ideas, or
thoughts of another and representing them as one’s own without proper acknowledgment
and is related only to work submitted for credit. Disciplinary action will not be taken for
academic work in draft form.
• Unauthorized possession or disposition of Academic Materials: Unauthorized
possession or nature of academic materials includes the unauthorized selling or
purchasing of examinations, class notes, term papers, or other academic work; stealing
another student’s work; and using information from or possessing exams that an
instructor did not authorize for release to students.
• Falsification: Falsification encompasses any verbal or written untruth in one’s academic
work.
• Facilitation of any act of Academic Misconduct: Facilitation of any act of academic
misconduct includes knowingly assisting another to commit an act of academic
misconduct. The use of a ghostwriter is absolutely prohibited.

Discriminatory Harassment
Threats, intimidation, coercion, bodily harm, or other unwelcome behavior through any method
of communication directed at an individual or individuals on the basis of sex, gender identity,
gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, race, creed, color, national origin or
ancestry, sexuality, age, religion, pregnancy, or disability that's so severe, persistent, or pervasive
such that it has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a person’s academic or
work performance or a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the school’s programs,
services, opportunities, or activities when viewed through both an objective and subjective
standard.

Abusive Behavior
• Threatening or inflicting bodily harm upon any person or animal or acting in a manner
that creates a risk of bodily harm to any person, including oneself, or an animal.
• Threats, intimidation, coercion, or other unwelcome behavior, through any method of
communication directed at an individual or individuals that is so severe, persistent, or
pervasive such that it has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with a person’s
academic or work performance, or a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from the
school’s programs, services, opportunities, or activities, when viewed through both an
objective and subjective standard.
• Any form of abusive behavior (as listed above) specific to current or former intimate
partners.
• Hazing, which includes any action that endangers the mental, physical, or emotional
health or safety of a student.

Disruptive Behavior
• Engaging in behavior that disrupts or interferes with teaching, classroom, or other
educational interactions, residential communities, research, administration,
governmental functions, or disciplinary proceedings.
• Engaging in behavior that disrupts or obstructs the right of free speech or expression of
any person on campus.
• Leading, inciting, or participating in any on-campus or off-campus demonstration, riot, or
activity that disrupts the normal operations of the school, freedom of movement or safe
passage and/or infringes on the rights of other members of the school community.
• Behavior that is considered lewd by a reasonable person including (but not limited to)
voyeurism, public urination/defecation, and public exposure of intimate body parts.

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