The university may discipline a student for academic misconduct, which is defined as any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the institution and undermine the educational process. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Cheating

   1. A student must not use external assistance on any “in-class” or “take-home” examination, unless the instructor specifically has authorized such assistance. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the use of tutors, books, notes, and calculators.

   2. A student must not use another person as a substitute in the taking of an examination or quiz.

   3. A student must not steal examinations or other course materials.

   4. A student must not allow others to conduct research or to prepare any work for him or her without advance authorization from the instructor to whom the work is being submitted. Under this prohibition, a student must not make any unauthorized use of materials obtained from commercial term paper companies or from files of papers prepared by other persons.

   5. A student must not collaborate with other persons on a particular project and submit a copy of a written report which is represented explicitly or implicitly as the student’s own individual work.

   6. A student must not use any unauthorized assistance in a laboratory, at a computer terminal, or on fieldwork.

   7. A student must not submit substantial portions of the same academic work for credit or honors more than once without permission of the instructor to whom the work is being submitted.

   8. A student must not alter a grade or score in any way.

2. Fabrication

   A student must not falsify or invent any information or data in an academic exercise including, but not limited to, records or reports, laboratory results, and citations to the sources of information.

3. Plagiarism

   A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without an appropriate acknowledgment. A student must give due credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness whenever he or she does any of the following:

   1. Quotes another person’s actual words, either oral or written;

   2. Paraphrases another person’s words, either oral or written;

   3. Uses another person’s idea, opinion, or theory; or

   4. Borrows facts, statistics, or other material, unless the information is common knowledge.

4. Interference
   1. A student must not steal, change, destroy, or impede another student’s work. Impeding another student’s work includes, but is not limited to, the theft, defacement, or mutilation of resources so as to deprive others of the information they contain.

   2. A student must not give or offer a bribe, promise favors, or make threats with the intention of affecting a grade or the evaluation of academic performance.

5. Violation of Course Rules

   A student must not violate course rules as contained in a course syllabus or other information provided to the student.

6. Facilitating Academic Dishonesty

   A student must not intentionally or knowingly help or attempt to help another student to commit an act of academic misconduct.

The university may discipline a student for acts of personal misconduct on or off university property. Acts of personal misconduct that are not committed on university property but arise from university activities that are being conducted off the university campus, or if the misconduct undermines the security of the university community or the integrity of the education process are also subject to disciplinary action. Examples of this kind of personal misconduct are:

1. Altering academic transcripts

2. Arson

3. Battery

4. Drug trafficking

5. Forgery

6. Fraud

7. Harassment of a student

8. Hazing

9. Rape

10. Sexual Assault

11. Trafficking in term papers

12. Unauthorized use of a computer off the campus to obtain access to information on campus

13. Participation in group violence

When a student believes that any of his or her rights, as defined in Part I of the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct have been violated by a member of the university faculty, administration, a member of the staff, another student, or a student organization, the student should ordinarily attempt to resolve the matter by making an informal complaint to the person or organization involved.

If the problem is not resolved to the complainant’s satisfaction by contacting the person(s) involved, personnel in the Dean of Students Office or other appropriate persons can be consulted about options for resolution of the problem.

IUPUI strives to maintain a spirit of civility in a community in which diversity is welcomed. Every student, staff, and faculty member plays a significant role in promoting an environment that is conducive to academic excellence by fostering a climate of civility and mutual respect. In all circumstances it is expected that everyone will act with respect for one another. Difference of opinion and dissent are ordinarily thought of as disagreement or debate. They are not “disruptive conduct” as long as they do not impinge upon the rights of others or interfere with the teaching/learning process in an academic setting. As a community which values the uniqueness of people, behavior which is thought of as “different” or “unusual”, is not “disruptive behavior” unless it infringes upon the rights of others or seriously interferes with the teaching/learning process in an academic setting.

The IUPUI instructional program is based on the premise that students enrolled at IUPUI are entitled to receive instruction free from interference by other students. When students are admitted to IUPUI, they accept the responsibility to conform to all IUPUI rules and regulations. Students are expected to comply by conducting themselves in an orderly and cooperative manner.

Further information can be obtained in the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct.