Academic Integrity

BVS expects a full commitment to academic integrity from each student.

Academic integrity means:

• Your work on each assignment / exam will be completely your own
• Your collaboration with another classmate on any assignment will be pre-approved by your instructor
• You will not practice plagiarism in any form
• You will not allow others to copy your work
• You will not misuse content from the Internet
• At any time, students may be required to take a proctored exam at the BVS administrative office (randomly or selectively)

* Plagiarism is defined as follows: copying or using ideas or words (from another person, an online classmate, or an Internet or print source) and presenting them as your own.

Please be aware that all BVS instructors utilize a myriad of technologies to check student work for authenticity. If an instructor confirms that a student has plagiarized work in any manner, the student will be subject to consequences determined by BVS administration and may be removed from the course with a failing grade.