Academic Honesty

Academic dishonesty constitutes a serious violation of scholarship at Bethel that can result in substantial penalties, including denial of credit (U or F) in a course as well as dismissal from the college. Any act that involves misrepresentation regarding academic work or that abridges the rights of other students' to fair academic competition is forbidden. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

• cheating on assignments or exams
  
• plagiarizing (misrepresenting another's work as one's own original creation)
• submitting the same (or substantially the same) paper in more than one course without consent of all instructors concerned
• depriving others of necessary academic sources
• sabotaging another student's work
• using without attribution a computer concept or program

Students charged with academic dishonesty have the right to appeal any disciplinary action. Contact the Office of Academic Affairs for details on the appeal process.