Student Honor Code Procedures
- Your instructor will call Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution to determine if you have a prior academic honesty violation. If you have a prior, your instructor will automatically forward the case and evidence to Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution. If you do not have any priors, you instructor will meet with you.
- Your instructor will schedule a meeting with you and he/she has the option of having their supervisor with them.
- During the meeting your instructor will explain the nature of their suspicions and listen to your account of the incident. If your instructor still believes that you are responsible for an honor code violation, then he/she can recommend a sanction. This sanction can include a grade penalty and an educational seminar.
- If you accept the grade penalty and sanctions, then you are admitting responsibility and will complete the Faculty/Student Resolution Form as appropriate. You have 24 hours to decide whether or not to accept responsibility and the proposed outcome. If you accept responsibility, this does count as your first honor code violation.
- The instructor will send the form with the recommended sanction to the Office for Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution and a conduct file will be created for you.
- A copy of the completed form will be given to you.
- If you choose not to accept responsibility or the sanction, you may choose to have the case heard by the Student Conduct Committee, the Student Health Sciences Conduct Committee if you are a health science student or the Law School Honor Committee if you are a law student.
- If you disagree with the allegation(s) brought forth, you will have an informational meeting with Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution to learn more about a Student Conduct Committee Hearing.
- Your instructor will be called as a witness to the Student Conduct Committee Hearing.
- Follow up letters will be sent to you and the faculty member referencing the outcome.
- You will be given an "I" until the matter is resolved. Once the matter is resolved, your instructor will be directed to submit the appropriate grade.