Definitions

Generally, academic dishonesty may be defined in the following ways:

Cheating: using or attempting to use, giving or attempting to give, unauthorized materials, information, assistance or study aids in any academic exercise or evaluation (tests), unless the nature of the academic exercise legitimizes cooperative learning;
Plagiarism: copying or imitating the language, ideas or thoughts of another person, and passing off the same as one's original work;
Falsification: forgery, alteration or misuse of academic documents, records or forms.