Academic Honesty
Mt. San Antonio College is an institution of learning and scholarship predicated on the existence of honesty and integrity.
It is essential that all members of the academic community subscribe to the ideal of academic honesty and integrity and
accept individual responsibility for their work. Academic dishonesty is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at Mt. San
Antonio College. Cheating, forgery, dishonest conduct, plagiarism, and collusion in dishonest activities erode the College’s
educational and social roles.
Honesty is primarily the responsibility of each student. The College considers cheating to be a voluntary act for which there
may be reason, but for which there is no acceptable excuse. The term “Cheating” includes but is not limited to:
1. Plagiarism;
2. Receiving or knowingly supplying unauthorized information;
3. Using unauthorized material or sources;
4. Changing an answer after work has been graded and presenting it as improperly graded;
5. Illegally accessing confidential information through a computer;
6. Taking an examination for another student or having another person take an examination for you;
7. Presenting another person’s work as your own;
8. Forging or altering registration or grade documents; and/or
9. Submitting collectively developed work as your own, unless specifically allowed by the professor.
Students can be given a failing grade on a particular assignment or exam in which dishonesty occurred, and the failing grade
for dishonesty would then be reflected in the student’s overall grade for the course. The professor can also recommend that
appropriate action be taken under the provisions of AP 5520 - Student Discipline Procedures.
Please refer to Academic Honesty (BP 4290) and Student Academic Honesty (AP 4290) for full policy and procedure
Standards of Conduct
The Mt. San Antonio College Standards of Conduct are designed to ensure the safety of all individuals at the College and
to promote a positive educational environment that is conducive to learning. All students are required to abide by the
Standards of Conduct and failure to do so may result in disciplinary action such as a verbal or written reprimand, probation,
suspension and/or expulsion.
The following conduct shall constitute good cause for discipline, including but not limited to the removal, suspension or
expulsion of a student.
1. Causing, attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury to another person.
2. Possession, sale or otherwise furnishing any firearm, knife, explosive or other dangerous object, including but not
limited to any facsimile firearm, knife or explosive, unless, in the case of possession of any object of this type, the
student has obtained written permission to possess the item from a College employee, which is concurred in by the
College President/ CEO.
3. Unlawful possession, use, sale, offer to sell, or furnishing, or being under the influence of, any controlled substance
listed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11053) of Division 10 of the California Health and Safety Code, an
alcoholic beverage, or an intoxicant of any kind; or unlawful possession of, or offering, arranging or negotiating the
sale of any drug paraphernalia, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 11014.5.
4. Committing or attempting to commit robbery or extortion.
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