To determine consequences for an academic integrity violation, academic integrity committees determine if a violation is minor, moderate, or major.
- Minor violation: If an undergraduate student’s first violation is very small and clearly unintentional, the committee may require the student to redo the work for a reduced grade.
- Moderate violation: For somewhat more serious violations, the committee may determine that the student will receive a 0% on the academic work and add a reduction in the course grade.
- Major violations: When a student violates on a high-stakes assignment or exam, the committee may determine that the student fails the course and may assign a transcript notation.
Loss of opportunities
Undergraduate students who violate academic integrity policies:
- Lose the opportunity to qualify for the Dean's list for that semester
- Lose the opportunity to apply the University’s grade forgiveness policy to the course
- May lose the opportunity to convert the course to a pass/fail format
Additional consequences for repeat offenses
- Students who violate more than one in the same class increase the likelihood of receiving a transcript notation.
- Students who violate in more than one major course increase the likelihood that they will be removed from that major.
The Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response (OSACR)
After the academic integrity process ends, all academic integrity violations go to OSACR for record-keeping. OSACR may assign an additional outcome. This outcome could be educational, but could also include Conduct Probation, Suspension, or Expulsion.
You can find information about the privacy, retention, and disclosure of conduct records at Understanding Conduct Records.