Academic Integrity

The College implements a progressive and incremental approach to penalties, which are based on the severity of the incident. If a student receives multiple offences, typically the penalties will increase. 

All academic incidents, warnings or offences, do not appear on student transcripts.

Category 1

• Rework and resubmit the assessment. The new submission is graded and an appropriate late penalty is applied.
• Rework and resubmit the assessment up to a passing mark (if not submitted by faculty assigned date, mark = 0).
• Partial marks on the assessment with no opportunity to resubmit.
• Loss of an alpha grade on the assessment.
• Zero when the assessment value is less than 10%.

Category 2

• Fail on a pass/fail assessment.
• Loss of an alpha grade in the course.
• Zero when the assessment value is between 10-19%.

Category 3

• Zero when the assessment value is greater than 20%.
• Zero in the Course.
• Other.

Category 4

• Suspension from Conestoga College.
• Discontinuance from Conestoga College.

• Copyright Infringement.
• Not maintaining security of work.
• Improper behaviour during a testing situation.
• Loaning work to someone else.
• Unauthorized collaboration.
• Copying from others or self-copying.
• Unauthorized aids and assistance.
• Unscholarly behaviour.
• Facilitated Academic Misconduct

Please be aware that students may also be issued an offence for one of these academic incidents.

• Aiding and Abetting.
• Contract Cheating.
• Misrepresentation and Fraud.
• Plagiarism.