Academic integrity

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

All members of the UCSC community benefit from an environment of trust, honesty, fairness, respect, and responsibility. You are expected to present your own work and acknowledge the work of others in order to preserve the integrity of scholarship. 

Academic integrity includes:

• Following exam rules

• Using only permitted materials during an exam

• Viewing exam materials only when permitted by your instructor 

• Keeping what you know about an exam to yourself

• Incorporating proper citation of all sources of information

• Submitting your own original work 

Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Disclosing exam content during or after you have taken an exam

• Accessing exam materials without permission

• Copying/purchasing any material from another student, or from another source, that is submitted for grading as your own

• Plagiarism, including use of Internet material without proper citation

• Using cell phones or other electronics to obtain outside information during an exam without explicit permission from the instructor

• Submitting your own work in one class that was completed for another class (self-plagiarism) without prior permission from the instructor.

• Violations of the Academic Integrity policy can result in dismissal from the university and a permanent notation on a student’s transcript. For the full policy and disciplinary procedures on academic dishonesty, students and instructors should refer to the Academic Misconduct page at the Division of Undergraduate Education.