2011-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin - Lehman College

48 Academic Services and Policies
• Copying from another student during an examination or
allowing another student to copy your work.
• Unauthorized collaboration on a take-home assignment or
examination.
• Using illegal notes during a closed-book examination.
• Taking an examination for another student, or asking or
allowing another student to take an examination for you.
• Changing a graded exam and returning it for more credit.
• Submitting substantial portions of the same paper for more
than one course without informing each instructor.
• Preparing answers or writing notes in a blue book (exam
booklet) before an examination.
• Allowing others to research and write assigned papers or do
assigned projects, including the use of commercial term paper
services.
• Giving assistance to acts of academic misconduct or
dishonesty.
• Fabricating data (all or in part).
• Submitting someone else's work as your own.
• Unauthorized use during an examination of any electronic
devices, such as cell phones, palm pilots, computers, or other
technologies to send or retrieve information.
Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person's ideas,
research, or writings as your own. Examples of plagiarism include,
but are not limited to the following:
• Copying another person's actual words without the use of
quotation marks and citations.
• Presenting another person's ideas or theories in your own
words without acknowledging the source.
• Using information that is not common knowledge without
acknowledging the source.
• Failing to acknowledge collaborators on assignments.
• Purchasing or downloading term papers online.
• Paraphrasing or copying information from the Internet without
citing the source.
• "Cutting and pasting" from various sources without proper
attribution.
Academic Standards
Students must have the retention indices of 1.5 for the first four
courses or 12 attempted credits, of 1.75 for the first eight courses
or 24 attempted credits, and of 2.0 for 25 or more attempted
credits, and a 2.0 semester index thereafter.
Total Credits Attempted Minimum Lehman College
Cumulative Indices
0-12
1.5
(or first four courses)
13-24
1.75
(or first eight courses)
25 or more 2.00
Lehman College Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2013
Total number of credits attempted include Lehman College F,
FIN, J, W, WF, WN, WU, PEN, ABS, P, NC, Y, R, or their
equivalents, and all transfer credits.
A student who does not meet the required minimum semester or
cumulative indices or whose cumulative Grade Point Index at the
College falls below 2.0 is automatically placed on probation.
During this probationary period, a student maintains his/her
academic standing with the College. After one semester of
probation, a student who still does not meet the minimum
requirements will be dropped from the College and is required to
remain out at least one semester. Students may appeal to the
Committee on Admission and Standing if they have not
previously done so.
Probation Requirements
1. Students on full-time probation are expected to have a 2.0
cumulative index at the end of the academic year.
2. Students on part-time probation must satisfy the following
academic requirements:
a. each semester of the academic year, achieve a semester index
of at least 2.3 in a maximum of two courses from among the
College degree requirements, and
b. make satisfactory progress toward a 2.0 cumulative index in
all Lehman College work.
Graduation Requirements
To qualify for graduation with a Lehman College baccalaureate
degree, students must complete the following requirements:
1. completion of at least 120 credits, including all degree
requirements;
2. completion of at least 30 credits in coursework at Lehman,
including at least half the number of credits in the student's
major and half in the minor or half of the credits in an
interdisciplinary program;
3. a minimum Lehman College cumulative index of 2.0; and
4. either a minimum grade of C or an overall index of 2.0 in all
courses taken in the major and minor departments or in an
interdisciplinary program.