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ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Reservation of Rights
Providence Christian College reserves the right to change any of its policies without prior notice, including, but not limited to: course offerings, faculty, graduation requirements, tuition and fees. This catalog supersedes all previous catalogs. The catalog is supplemented by rules and regulations in the Student Handbook and announcements on Populi. Where conflict exists between any of these sources, the most recent rule, regulation, or policy will take precedence.
Academic Etiquette and Integrity
Each Providence student is responsible for becoming familiar with the standards of academic integrity and abiding by the policies of the College, as well as following the guidelines that each instructor has developed in his/her course policies. Any breach of this trust will be taken seriously by all members of the college community. God calls us to show integrity in all of our relationships and in all of our behaviors, and, as an academic institution, we are specifically concerned about the following areas of academic integrity:
 The 4-H Rule – During chapel, class time, and related academic events on the Providence campus, no hats, hoods, unauthorized use of handheld electronics, or headphones are allowed. Students in violation of the 4-H rule will be counted as absent and not receive credit for any assignments due the day of the violation. Upon multiple infractions, the professor will report the matter to Student Life for further sanctioning.
 Cheating – this involves the unauthorized use (or attempted use) of another person’s work on an exam or assignment, or using (or attempting to use) unauthorized notes during an exam or assignment. This also includes allowing one’s work to be used by other students in an unauthorized way.
 Plagiarism – this involves misrepresenting an intellectual work (written material, ideas, artistic work, line of thought or reasoning) as one’s own. This can also include falsifying or incorrectly citing sources.
 Dishonesty– this involves deceiving one’s instructor or classmates regarding missed deadlines, absences from class, or forging a signature, such as signing in for another student, among other practices.
 Cell phone, tablet, or unauthorized use of a computer during examination/quiz – The unauthorized use of a cell phone or use of a computer during any type of quiz or examination will automatically be consider cheating, whether the student intended to cheat or not.
 Additional areas of violation – Including, but not limited to: submitting assignments that are not one’s own, submitting the same paper in more than one course without prior approval from all instructors, appropriating or using test materials without instructor knowledge, computer fraud or unauthorized access to a computer or cell phone, engaging in academic fraud individually or with others, downloading or using internet material without proper citation, any illicit attempt to influence a test or grading of a test, or failure to follow instructions or guidelines for test-taking (such as using a cell phone during test-taking, or working with another student when an instructor states students must work individually). If a
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