"What is the Univerisity's Academic Integrity Policy?"

Students enrolled at FDU are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic honesty. Students have the responsibility to each other to make known the existence of academic dishonesty to their instructor and then, if necessary, the department chair, school director or academic dean of their College.

Course instructors have the added responsibility to state in advance in their syllabi any special policies and procedures concerning examinations and other academic exercises specific to their course. Students should request this information if not distributed by the instructor.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Cheating - Giving or receiving unauthorized assistance in any academic exercise or examination. Using or attempting to use any unauthorized materials, information or study aids in an examination or academic exercise.

Plagiarism - Representing the ideas or language of others as one's own.

Falsification - Falsifying or inventing any information, data or citation in an academic exercise.

Multiple submission - Submitting substantial portions of an academic exercise more than once for credit without the prior authorization and approval of the curent professor.

Complicity - Facilitating any of the above actions or performing work that another student then presents as his or her assignment.

Interference - Interfering with the ability of a student to perform his or her assignments.

If a student is accused of any of the above infractions, there are sanctions which will be instituted. The Undergraduate Studies Bulletin outlines the procedure followed and the sanctions administered.

The FDU web site includes an Academic Regulations page. It is highly recommended that all students familiarize themselves with the specific regulations.