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Academic Code of Conduct

As an academic community, Centenary University endorses the pursuit of knowledge through open and honest discourse. Therefore, the University expects students to conduct themselves honestly in all academic activities. Any action which compromises this integrity or otherwise attempts to discredit the knowledge a student has acquired is inappropriate and unacceptable. Through continued participation in the academic code of conduct, students demonstrate respect for Centenary's commitment to academic excellence. It is the intent of the University faculty and trustees that each student acknowledges and adheres to the code. The following definitions of academic code violations encompass misrepresentations of fact and falsification of any portion of the academic process:

  1. Plagiarism is knowingly copying published or unpublished material without acknowledging the source.
  2. Duplicate course assignment is submitting the same assignment without the instructor's approval for more than one course, or submitting an assignment based on another student's work.
  3. Collusion is working with one or more students without the approval of the instructor to complete a project that is expected to be the result of individual effort or sharing information regarding an exam or quiz with a student who has not taken that exam or quiz.
  4. Unacceptable classroom conduct includes (a) disruptive and disrespectful behavior; (b) cheating during examinations and laboratory projects by sharing material, looking at another's work, use of unauthorized books, sources, or memory aids, and/or communicating verbally or non‐verbally in order to attain assistance; (c) other types of inappropriate actions that impede the learning process.
  5. Falsifying information is intentionally giving fraudulent information for the purpose of (a) avoiding negative sanctions; (b) seeking special privileges; (c) assisting another in these purposes.
  6. Computer interference is causing damage to or disruption of on‐line databases housed on campus, including piracy of copyrighted material and inappropriate duplication of computer disk information.

Sanctions for an initial violation of the “Academic Code of Conduct” are determined by the instructor, but they are limited to academic sanctions pertaining to the course in question – e.g., resubmitting the assignment; grade reduction; failure of the course; etc. Recommendations for more severe sanctions may also come from the Dean for Academic Success or Professor and are forwarded to the ARB without a second offence occurring. Students have the right to appeal initial sanctions to the Academic Review Board.

Each violation that is recorded by the professor on an Academic Code of Conduct Violation form and submitted to the Dean for Academic Success will be kept on file. The Dean will inform the student that they have received a form and that any further infractions will cause the student to be called to meet with the ARB for a hearing that could result in dismissal.

All students are expected to adhere to Centenary University’s policy concerning Academic Honesty. Any student found cheating, plagiarizing, submitting non‐original work, etc., will receive sanctions based on the offense. Flagrant cases of academic dishonesty may result in the student being dismissed from the class and referred to the Academic Review Board for further action or sanction as deemed appropriate, up to and including dismissal from Centenary University.

The decision of the ARB is final.

Please note that individual instructors or departments may impose additional penalties for academic dishonesty. Check the syllabus for the policy that applies to each class.