5.4 What is the difference between a Lesser Academic Offence and Major Offence?
I've heard that not all cases of academic offences are dealt with in the same way. How do I know what will happen under different circumstances?
That's true. While all misconduct is serious, some offences are clearly more serious than others. The less serious problems are called Lesser Offences
, while the others are called Major Offences.
A lesser offence is the first offence on an assignment worth 25% or less of the total course grade. A major offence is a repeated offence or a misconduct on an assignment worth over 25% of the total course grade or cheating on an exam.
