Cell Phones and browsers: Cell phones and all other means of social media and browsers are not allowed to be used in the classrooms without formal permission of the instructor. Any violations will be reported to the Dean of students.

Student Code of Conduct: It is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct (Section 7-2.4, Other Offenses, item S) to engage in the use of telecommunication or media devices during any class, Collin College lab or other learning environment; here, this includes social networking activities such as texting, talking on the phone, web-browsing from laptops or smart phones, or utilizing any other related electronic devices.

Academic Ethics: Every member of the Collin College community is expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. Collin College may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts, or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission of one’s own work material that is not one’s own. Scholastic dishonesty may involve, but is not limited to, one or more of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, use of annotated texts or teacher’s editions, use of information about exams posted on the Internet or electronic medium, and/or falsifying academic records. While specific examples are listed below, this is not an exhaustive list and scholastic dishonesty may encompass other conduct, including any conduct through electronic or computerized means.

Plagiarism is the use of an author’s words or ideas as if they were his or her own without giving credit to the source, including, but not limited to, failure to acknowledge a direct quotation.

Cheating is the willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an examination; collaborating with another student during an examination without authority; using, buying, selling, soliciting, stealing, or otherwise obtaining course assignments and/or examination questions in advance, copying computer or Internet files, using someone else’s work for assignments as if it were one’s own; or any other dishonest means of attempting to fulfill the requirements of a course.

Collusion is intentionally or unintentionally aiding or attempting to aid another in an act of scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, failing to secure academic work; providing a paper or project to another student; providing an inappropriate level of assistance; communicating answers to a classmate about an examination or any other course assignment; removing tests or answer sheets from a test site, and allowing a classmate to copy answers. See the Collin Student Handbook for additional information.

Academic Penalty for Scholastic Dishonesty: Students will receive a zero on every assignment where they were found guilty by the Dean of Students for scholastic dishonesty, i.e., cheating, collusion, etc. as stated above; also, for repeated occurrences of these incidences, students will receive a failing grade in this class section.

Collin College Academic Policies:  “See the current Collin Student Handbook.”