August 22, 2001
CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Integrity is expected of every student in all academic work. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own. Students engaging in academic dishonesty diminish their education and bring discredit to the academic community. Students shall not violate the Code of Academic Integrity and shall avoid situations likely to compromise academic integrity. Students shall observe the provisions of the Code whether or not faculty members establish special rules of academic integrity for particular classes. Failure of faculty to prevent cheating does not excuse students from compliance with the Code.
Conduct prohibited by the Code consists of all forms of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to: cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism as set out and defined in the Code of Conduct, modifying any academic work for the purpose of obtaining additional credit after such work has been submitted to the supervising faculty member unless the supervising faculty member approves such alterations; failure to observe rules of academic integrity established by a faculty member for a particular course; and attempting to commit any act prohibited by the Code. Any attempt to commit an act prohibited by these rules shall be subject to sanctions to the same extent as completed acts. The procedures for reviewing a suspected violation follow:
Faculty-Student Conference. The faculty member must confer with the student within 15 working days of his/her being informed of a suspected violation.
Appeal to Department Head. The student must appeal to the Department Head within ten working days of notification of the imposition of sanctions and recommendations for suspension or expulsion. The Department Head shall render a decision within 15 working days.
University Hearing Board. The student must appeal to the University Hearing Board within ten working days of notification that the Department Head has upheld the sanction or that the faculty member refuses to accept the Department Head's recommendation that sanction(s) be rescinded. The University Hearing Board shall convene within 30 working days of the time the student files the appeal.
For a more detailed outline of procedures, see the complete Code of Academic Integrity at
http://w3.arizona.edu/~studpubs/handbook/policyframe.html (scroll down through the table of contents listed in the left frame to find the link to the Code of Academic Integrity).
Copies are also available in the Dean of Students office, Rm. 203 Old Main.