Student Conduct Code / Academic Integrity Pledge
The Student Conduct Code outlines all the behaviors expected of students at SCU, including guidelines about academic integrity.
Engaging in any form of academic dishonesty such as plagiarism (i.e., representing the work or ideas of others as one’s own without giving proper acknowledgment), cheating (e.g., copying the work of another person, falsifying laboratory data, sabotaging the work of others), and other acts generally understood to be dishonest by faculty or students in an academic context.
The Academic Integrity Pledge is an expression of Santa Clara University's Catholic, Jesuit identity.
Committing to academic integrity not only emphasizes the value of a Santa Clara education, it also expresses the values that are a cornerstones of a Santa Clara education: being students of competence, conscience, and compassion who strive to fashion a more humane, just and sustainable world.
The Undergraduate Bulletin on Academic Integrity affirms the following:
"Students are expected to do their own work and to cite any sources they use. Academic dishonesty may include but is not limited to plagiarism (i.e., representing the work or ideas of others as one's own without giving proper acknowledgment), cheating (e.g., copying the work of another person, falsifying laboratory data, sabotaging the work of others), and other acts generally understood to be dishonest by faculty or students in an academic context."
"A student who is guilty of a dishonest act in an examination, paper, or other work required for a course, or who assists others in such an act, may, at the discretion of the instructor, receive a grade of "F" for the course. In addition, a student found guilty of a dishonest act may be subject to sanctions, up to and including dismissal from the University, as a result of the student judicial process as described in the Student Handbook and the Academic Integrity Protocol. A student who violates copyright laws, including those covering the copying of software programs, or who knowingly alters official academic records from this or any other institution is subject to similar disciplinary action."
Consult this page for further academic integrity resources.