This means that for us to function as a university, we must be scrupulously honest about ideas, and carefully distinguish between what are our own ideas and what ideas we have borrowed from others.
Academic integrity is at the heart of our mission and reputation as a university.
Trying to shortcut this process by cheating deprives one of the very education one has come here to receive. The penalty for the first violation of the code is an F for the course, or, at the discretion of the instructor, a less severe penalty such as an F for the assignment. Students who commit an academic integrity offense will also be asked to complete an academic integrity educational program, which will be supervised by the dean of the student's college. If there are no further academic integrity violations by the time the student graduates, the record of an academic integrity violation will be expunged. For the second offense, the student will be dropped from the university, and the reason will be noted on the student's permanent record.