COA 09-11 Catalog - Peralta Colleges

222 district policies and proceduresTitle 5 RegulationsIt is the policy of the Peralta Community College District(unless specifically exempt by statute) that every course,wherever offered and maintained by the district, for whichthe average daily attendance is to be reported for state aid,shall be fully open to enrollment and participation by anyperson who has been admitted to the college(s) and whomeets such prerequisites as may be established pursuantto Chapter 11, Division 2, Part VI, Title 5 of the CaliforniaAdministrative Code, commencing with Section 51820.Weapons PolicyThe unauthorized use, possession or storage of weapons,fireworks or explosives is prohibited on any Peraltacollege premise (including vehicles) or at any Peraltacollege sponsored activity. Weapons may include, butare not limited to firearms, pellet guns, bows and arrows,martial arts equipment, switchblade knives, swords, largeknives, and clubs.Smoking PolicyIn order to provide a safe learning and workingenvironment for students and employees, smoking isprohibited in all indoor and outdoor campus locationswith the exception of designated areas as identified by thecolleges and approved by the Board of Trustees.Academic Integrity/Academic Honesty for StudentsThe Peralta Community College District and College ofAlameda have the responsibility to make every reasonableeffort to foster honest and academic conduct. Academicdishonesty defrauds all those who depend upon theintegrity of the colleges, its courses, and its degrees andcertificates. Academic dishonesty occurs when a studentattempts to show possession of a level of knowledge, skill,or accomplishment which he or she does not possess. Itis the student’s responsibility to know what constitutesacademic dishonesty. If a student is unclear about aspecific situation, he/she should speak to the instructorof record.Nothing in this policy shall be interpreted to discouragecollaborative learning or other cooperative methods oflearning.The following list includes, but is not limited to, some ofthe activities which exemplify academic dishonesty:1. Cheating:a. Copying, in part or in whole, from someone else’stest.b. Communicating answers to another studentduring an examination.c. Taking an examination for another student orhaving someone take an examination for oneself.d. Altering or interfering with grading.e. Using or consulting any sources or materialsnot authorized by the professor during anexamination, including calculators, dictionaries,or any electronic devices, including texting toobtain information.f. Misreporting or altering the data in laboratory orresearch projects.g. Committing other acts which defraud or misrepresentone’s own academic work.2. Plagiarism:a. Incorporating the ideas, words, sentences,paragraphs, or other parts of another person’swriting, without giving appropriate credit, andrepresenting the product as one’s own work.b. Representing another’s artistic/scholarly works(such as musical compositions, computerprograms, photographs, paintings, drawings, orsculptures) as one’s own.c. Submitting a paper purchased or downloadedfrom a research or term paper service.d. Using the content of thought in outside sources(books, periodicals, the Internet, or otherelectronic sources, or other written or spokensources) without giving proper credit (by namingthe person and putting any exact words used inquotation marks).e. Writing or creating a speech, essay, report, projector paper for another student.3. Other Specific Examples of Academic Dishonesty:a. Purposely allowing another student to copy fromone’s paper during a test.b. Giving one’s homework, term paper, or otheracademic work to another student to plagiarize.c. Having another person submit any work in one’sname.d. Lying to an instructor or college official to improveone’s grade.e. Altering graded work after it has been returned,then submitting the work for regrading withoutthe instructor’s permission.f. Removing tests or examinations from the classroomwithout the approval of the instructor.g. Stealing tests or examinations.h. Having one’s work corrected for spelling orgrammar, if contrary to the rules of the course.i. Forging signatures on drop/add slips or alteringother college documents.j. Facilitating any of the above on behalf of otherstudents.Faculty members are encouraged to review this policywith their students.4. Consequences of Academic Dishonesty:Please refer to Policy and Procedures for “StudentConduct, Discipline, and due Process Rights,” in thissection.