11.1 Academic Integrity
The University of North Florida operates on the principle that all members of its community should be treated fairly in regard to their rights and responsibilities. In order to protect the integrity of the teaching and learning process, the University of North Florida expects all members of the academic community to respect the principle of academic freedom and to behave with academic integrity.
11.1 (1) Academic Integrity Code
Briefly stated, academic misconduct consists of any attempt to misrepresent one's performance on any exercise submitted for evaluation. The primary responsibility of ensuring adherence to the principle of academic integrity rests with students and faculty. Any infraction that comes to the attention of any person should be brought to the attention of the faculty member to whose course it pertains. A violation of the Academic Integrity Policy is also considered a violation of the Student Conduct Code.
Violations of the principle of academic integrity include, but are not limited to:
- CHEATING: Intentionally using, providing, obtaining, or attempting to use, provide, or obtain unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids or other devices in any academic exercise. This definition includes unauthorized communication of information during an academic exercise.
- FABRICATION & FALSIFICATION: Intentional and unauthorized alteration or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise. Falsification is a matter of altering information, while fabrication is a matter of inventing or counterfeiting information for use in an academic exercise.
- MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS: The submission of substantial portions of the same academic work, including oral reports, electronic files, or hard-copy form, for credit more than once without authorization.
- PLAGIARISM: Intentionally or knowingly presenting the work of another as one's own (i.e., without proper acknowledgment of the source). The sole exception to the requirement of acknowledging sources is when the ideas, information, etc. are common knowledge.
- ABUSE OF ACADEMIC MATERIALS: Intentionally or knowingly destroying, stealing, or making inaccessible library or other academic resource material.
- COMPLICITY IN ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Providing assistance in any form to help another to commit an act of academic dishonesty.
11.1 (2) Academic Misconduct
Refer to the Dean of Students Office: Academic Misconduct for information about the process for reporting and resolving concerns related to academic misconduct.
In the case of Academic Misconduct, faculty may assign or recommend one or more of the following:
- Referral to the appropriate support service
- Assignment of a grade reduction on an academic exercise
- Assignment of a final letter grade/reduction for the course
- Assignment of an unforgivable "F" for the course
- Referral of the charges to the Dean/Chairperson/Director of the academic unit in which the student is enrolled with a recommendation for one of the following: temporary or permanent loss of use of a University facility, suspension from a College, Department, or program, expulsion from the University, or referral to Student Affairs for a violation of the Student Conduct Code.