Academic Misconduct, as defined in the Undergraduate Calendar, includes cheating, plagiarism, and any other acts by which students attempt to attain grades or academic standing that they don't deserve. You may find here the guidelines used by the Associate Dean in assigning penalties for various degrees of academic misconduct. Penalties for a first offence range from a reduced grade on a particular assignment to a grade of zero on the entire course. A second act of misconduct can lead to indefinite expulsion from the University.