University of Washington students are expected to practice high standards of academic and professional honesty and integrity. As defined in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC), academic misconduct includes:

  • Cheating
  • Falsification
  • Plagiarism
  • Unauthorized collaboration
  • Engaging in prohibited behavior
  • Submitting the same work for separate courses without the permission of the instructor(s)
  • Taking deliberate action to destroy or damage another person’s academic work
  • Recording and/or disseminating instructional content without the permission of the instructor (unless approved as a disability accommodation

See the WAC for more detailed information and definitions of academic misconduct.