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Proscribed Conduct

Any student found to have committed the following types of misconduct is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in the Student Disciplinary Policy and Procedure.

A. Academic Misconduct

Academic Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  1. Aiding and Abetting Academic Misconduct:
    1. Knowingly helping, procuring, encouraging or otherwise assisting another person to engage in academic misconduct.
  2. Cheating
    1. Use and/or possession of unauthorized material or technology during an examination, or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade, such as tape cassettes, notes, tests, calculators, computer programs, cell phones and/or smart phones, or other electronic devices.
    2. Obtaining assistance with or answers to an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade from another person with or without that person's knowledge.
    3. Furnishing assistance with or answers to an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade to another person.
    4. Possessing, using, distributing or selling unauthorized copies of an examination, computer program, or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade.
    5. Representing as one's own an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade created by another person.
    6. Taking an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade in place of another person.
    7. Obtaining unauthorized access to the computer files of another person or agency and/or altering or destroying those files.
    8. Obtaining teacher edition text books, test banks, or other instructional materials that are only intended to be accessed by Savannah Technical College officials, college administrators, or faculty members.
  3. Fabrication
  4. The falsification of any information or citation in an examination or any other written or oral work submitted for evaluation and/or a grade.
  5. Plagiarism
    1. Submitting another's published or unpublished work in whole, in part or in paraphrase, as one's own without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes, quotation marks, citations, or bibliographical reference.
    2. Submitting as one's own original work, material obtained from an individual or agency without reference to the person or agency as the source of the material.
    3. Submitting as one's own original work material that has been produced through unacknowledged collaboration with others without release in writing from collaborators.

B. Non-Academic Misconduct

Non-Academic Misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Behavior

  1. Indecent Conduct: Savannah Technical College prohibits disorderly, lewd, or indecent conduct, including public physical or verbal action; language commonly considered offensive (not limited to, but including profanity); or distribution of obscene or libelous written or electronic material.
  2. Violence: Savannah Technical College prohibits mental or physical abuse of any person (including sex offenses) on technical College premises or at technical college-sponsored or technical college-supervised functions, including verbal or physical actions which threaten or endanger the health or safety of any such persons. This includes fighting and/or other disruptive behavior, which includes any action or threat of action that endangers the peace, safety, or orderly function of Savannah Technical College, its facilities, or persons engaged in the business of the technical college.
  3. Harassment: Savannah Technical College prohibits any act, comment, behavior, or clothing which is of a sexually suggestive, harassing, offensive, or intimidating nature. Savannah Technical College also prohibits stalking, or behavior which in any way interferes with another student's rights or an employee's performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. This also includes the display of or navigation to pornography and other inappropriate websites and materials and inappropriate behavior on social media and/or networking applications. If, in the opinion of Savannah Technical College officials, clothing and/or behavior (including the presence of gang colors, signs, and/or symbols) are threatening, intimidating, or offensive in nature, sanctions may be imposed immediately.
  4. Disruption: Savannah Technical College prohibits intentional obstruction or interruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings, or other technical college activities, including public service functions, and other duly authorized activities on Savannah Technical College premises or at technical college-sponsored activity sites.
  5. Failure to Comply: Failure to comply with directions of Savannah Technical College officials and/or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so.