• The number of unexcused absences per semester or summer session may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class.
• Students with excused absences must submit documentation of absences (i.e. doctor's note) to Student Affairs within one week of absence.
• The number of excused absences may not exceed the number of class meetings during one full week of class during a semester, or two class meetings during one full week of classes during the summer session. This policy does not apply to students who are participating in University-sponsored or planned academic class activities (i.e. athletics), provided they are doing satisfactory work in their classes.
• For each absence (excused or unexcused) over the maximum number allowed, the instructor may lower the course grade one full grade level.

Please read your course syllabi immediately after receiving it to determine your professors' rules regarding class attendance and tardiness.

Academic Honesty

The University’s policy regarding academic honesty can be found in the University catalogue. The policy reads as follows:

“The University expects that students will conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.”

Academic Offenses

Cheating

Cheating is defined as the fraudulent or deceptive taking, giving, or presenting of any information or material with the intent of aiding oneself or another on any academic work which is considered in any way in the determination of a course grade.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional act of submitting the work of another as one’s own. It includes the submission of the complete or partial work, or of the words, ideas, or format of another, published or unpublished, without appropriate reference and source credit. It includes employing or permitting another person to produce, alter, or revise material which the student submits as his or her own. If the student has any uncertainty regarding plagiarism in the submission of any material to his or her instructor, he or she should discuss the matter with the instructor prior to the submission of the material.

Forgery

A student may not falsely record the signature of an advisor or instructor on any official University academic document.

Sanctions for Academic Offenses

One or more of the following sanctions may be applied to a student guilty of commission of an academic offense:

• Assignment of any grade on a paper, examination, or other material related to the offense.
• Assignment of any grade for the course in which the offense occurred.
• Forced withdrawal from the class in which the offense occurred.