Students who choose not to live up to the Code are asked to leave the College.

Code Offenses

The following are examples of offenses against the Code of Academic Honesty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Many of these categories overlap. Offenses are not limited to this list and include other types of cheating, misrepresentation, and dishonesty. If you have questions, please ask your instructor for guidance.

Cheating

• using notes or texts during a quiz or exam when not permitted by the instructor
• using a cell phone or other technology to find information or to copy questions and answers to use or for others to use for an exam or quiz
• allowing others to assist in the completion of your quiz, exam, homework, paper, or project when not permitted by the instructor
• copying someone else's exam, homework, or laboratory work
• allowing others to view your answers or to copy your work and submit it as their own
• not following the guidelines specified by the instructor for an assignment or for a "take home" test 

Plagiarism

• claiming the words, sentences, arguments, rhetorical structures, or ideas of another as your own
• "borrowing" or copying a friend's lab report, homework, research  data, or essay and presenting it as your own
• failing to properly use quotation marks or to cite sources correctly
• submitting any materials as your own that were created or written by someone else

Misrepresentation

• providing false information about reasons for class absences when requesting a make-up for a quiz, exam, or homework
• making up statistics or facts
• making up references or quotations for a works cited page
• accepting credit for a group project without doing your share of the work
• submitting the same paper in more than one course without the knowledge and approval of the instructors involved
• failing to provide full information regarding academic performance or enrollments from other courses or institutions

Forgery

• altering a score, grade, or schedule change on an academic record
• signing the name of an instructor, advisor, dean, or another student without proper authorization
• falsifying University correspondence or a student identification card

Facilitating academic dishonesty

• helping or attempting to help someone commit an act of academic dishonesty, such as helping a fellow student do a take-home exam, giving answers to an exam, or collaborating with others on work that is supposed to be completed independently

Consequences of Code Offenses

Academic dishonesty diminishes the reputation of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and faculty’s intention of serving all students fairly and equally. It harms your fellow students, potentially hurting the classroom experience while undermining the worth of your own achievements. 

1. Instructors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) fail any assignment showing evidence of academic dishonesty.
2. Instructors report all incidents of academic fraud to the College, following the procedures outlined at this link.
3. After the College receives the incident report, the College takes the following action:

       For a first offense: The student is placed on disciplinary probation until graduation or until a
       period of five years from the period of the probation. A notation does not appear on the
       student's permanent record/transcript for a first offense. However, the violation is kept internally
       on file until the student graduates or for five years, whichever is sooner. If the student is
       planning to receive a degree from a UI college other than CLAS, that college is notified of the
       action taken. The student’s advisor, the involved instructor, the DEO of the instructor, and other
       appropriate persons are notified of the violation.

       For a second offense: The student is suspended from the College for one calendar year or
       longer and is not allowed to register at the University during that time. A second offense is
       recorded on the student's permanent record/transcript during the period of suspension as
       follows: “Not permitted to Register: Academic Misconduct.” CLAS maintains an internal record of
       the offense until the student graduates or for five years, whichever is sooner.

       For a third offense: The Dean of the College recommends to the University President that the
       student be expelled from The University of Iowa. Once expulsion occurs, the offense is recorded
       on the student's permanent record/transcript as follows: “Not permitted to Register: Academic
       Misconduct.” The report of academic misconduct becomes part of the student’s permanent
       record kept in the Office of the Dean of Students.

CLAS will report the action taken to the student, to the academic advisor, to the instructor finding the fraud, and to the appropriate DEO. If the student placed on disciplinary probation is planning to receive a degree from a UI college other than CLAS, that college also will be notified of the action taken.

If CLAS finds that the academic fraud is minor in nature, a student will receive a letter of disciplinary warning and the report will be filed until the student graduates or for five years, whichever is sooner. If a second or third report of minor fraud is placed in the student’s file, CLAS will treat the fraud according to the guidelines for  academic fraud, above.

CLAS internal records concerning first and second offenses are destroyed when the student graduates or after five years. Internal reports for a third offense become part of the permanent student record kept in the Office of the Dean of Students.

Faculty are asked to adhere carefully to the procedures for dealing with academic fraud as outlined on the For Faculty web pages.

If you have questions about academic fraud and its consequences, please contact the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum, 335-2633.

Appeals

All students have the right to file a complaint.  Student rights and responsibilities are discussed in more detail at this related page. Questions may be addressed to Associate Dean Helena Dettmer.

• If a student has questions about the Code or the offense in question, the student should contact the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum to discuss the situation informally.
• If the student has a complaint or grievance concerning the offense related to the Code, a brief statement of the issues should be sent to the Associate Dean Helena Dettmer by email who will review the case and may decide on the matter internally or may refer the matter to the Committee to Resolve Student Grievances.
• The  Committee to Resolve Student Grievances is an ad hoc committee composed of faculty and student members. It is constituted when a student requests a hearing to reconsider a finding or penalty administered by a department in a case pertaining to the Code.
• If the student is not satisfied with the results of this investigation of the complaint, he or she may request a review by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.

Additional information on resources to help students file a complaint, such as the University Ombudsperson or the special steps to take when confronting sexual harassment, are available at the indicated links.

Students are also encouraged to review the  UI Code of Student Life for university-wide expectations for student behavior.