For Students

Did you know that to practice Academic Integrity you:

• cannot possess a copy of an exam or assignment from a current or prior semester if the instructor has not indicated that these are acceptable to possess?
• need to report the possession by another student of an exam or assignment from a current or prior semester if the instruction has not indicated that these are acceptable to possess?
• cannot allow another person to copy your assignment?
• cannot allow another person to copy from your quiz or exam?
• cannot submit an assignment (lab report, project report, paper, etc.) with the name of a person who did not contribute to the assignment?
• cannot pass notes, use electronic devices or other methods to give or receive answers to exams, quizzes, etc.?
• cannot write a paper, take an exam or quiz or perform a laboratory exercise, etc. for another person?
• cannot discuss the answers to an exam or assignment prior to completing the exam or assignment unless the instructor has explicitly given instructions to do so?

What are the consequences of violating the University’s Academic Integrity policy?
The academic sanctions range from repeating the assignment to dismissal from the academic program. Disciplinary sanctions, while less common, are possible for more severe cases. The academic sanction is to be appropriate to the violation and is chosen by the instructor. The following are a list of possible sanctions:

• Repeat the assignment/exam
• Reduce the assignment/exam grade
• Fail the exam/assignment
• Reduce course grade
• Fail the course
• Dismiss from the academic program
• Assign an XF grade