AcademicIntegrity

Academic Integrity

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Academic integrity is a basic principle, which requires that students take credit only for ideas and efforts that are their own. Cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty are defined as the submission of materials in assignments, exams, or other academic work that is based on sources prohibited by the faculty member. Substantial portions of academic work that a student has submitted for a course may not be resubmitted for credit in another course without the knowledge and advance permission of the instructor. Academic dishonesty is further defined in the Student Code of Conduct. In addition to any adverse academic action, which may result from engaging in academically dishonest behavior, the University specifically reserves the right to address and sanction the conduct involved through the student judicial review procedures outlined in this section. Academic actions are reviewable under the Academic Dispute Resolution Procedure contained in this section of this handbook.

STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT #1
Cheating, Plagiarism, or Other Forms of Academic Dishonesty:

using material sources not authorized by the faculty member during an examination or assignment;
utilizing devices that are not authorized by the faculty member during an examination or assignment;
providing assistance to another student or receiving assistance from another student during an examination or assignment in a manner not authorized by the faculty member;
presenting as their own the ideas or works of another person without proper acknowledgment of sources;
knowingly permitting their works to be submitted by another person without the faculty member's permission;
acting as a substitute or utilizing a substitute in any examination or assignment;
fabricating data in support of laboratory or field work;
possessing, buying, selling, obtaining, or using a copy of any material intended to be used as an instrument of examination or in an assignment in advance of its administration;
altering grade records of their own or another student's work; or
offering a monetary payment or other remuneration in exchange for a grade

ACADEMIC RIGHTS OF STUDENTS

The University has the responsibility of providing a program of high quality education in keeping with its financial resources; students have protection through campus-specific procedures against arbitrary or capricious academic evaluation. Student performance shall be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. Students are responsible for the proper completion of their academic program, for familiarity with all requirements of the University catalog, and for maintaining an acceptable grade average for degree requirements. Students have the right to be informed at the beginning of each term of the nature of the course, course expectations, evaluation standards, and the grading system.

ACADEMIC DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE

Challenges to academic decisions or actions of the faculty or academic administration will be reviewed according to this procedure that implements the UA Board of Regents Policy 09.03.02 and University Regulation on Resolution of Disputes Regarding Academic Decisions or Actions. Appropriate issues for this procedure include such things as alleged arbitrary and capricious dismissal from or denial of admission to an academic program based upon academic considerations or alleged grading error or arbitrary and capricious grading for a final grade assignment. Grades assigned prior to the final grade received in a course are not subject to review under this procedure. Only the course instructor or an academic decision review committee may authorize a change in the assignment of a final grade.