2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

. SENATE' POLICY, STATEMENTS.The University has defined its expectations. of students in boththe academic and non-academic life of the. University community,and developed procedures. to ensure that· all members of.. the community receive equitable treatment. An electronic ver~sion of· the fOllowing· policies is available. at the following address:http://www.mcmaster.caipolicy.The policies consist of:• Academic Integrity Policy• Student Appeal Procedures• Student Code of Conduct• Alcohol Policy and' Residence 'Community Alcohol Policy• Sexual Harassment Policy .• . Anti-Discrimination Policy. '. " .' '• Rights· and Responsibilities of Undergraduate Students During ..Work Stoppages' That Substantially Disrupt Academic Activities• Welcome Week Regulations . : " .. . . . .• . General Regulations for McMast~r Univ~rsity Libraries .• Policy for Academic Accommodation of Undergraduate Stu:"dents with Disabilities'.• Senate Resolution on Course Outliries. '.'• Policy on Undergraduate Student Access to FihalExaminations• Guide,lines on Access to Informationand Protection of Privacy(including Security of Student Data).• Petition for Reliet for Missed Term Work and for.Deferred Examinations(See aJso Section 3 inthe General Academic Regu-.lations section of this Calendar.) ,The following provides a sw:nmaryo[the major policies whichpertain to students. Complete. versions of the policies may be obtainedfrom the University Secretariat,Room 21.0, Gilmour Hall.. ,l.' . .Acad~mic Integritydnd. ACQdemic DishonestyThe Academic Integrity Policy eXp'lains the expectations theUniversity has ,of its scholars. Some Qepartments and instruc.;tors have also deyeloped more specific rules and regulations ., designed.to maintain scholarly integrity. It is the· responsibility, of .'f?ach instructor to make students aware of. these expectations; ,. The main purpose ofa Liniversity is to encourage arid facilitate. the pursuit of knowledge and scholarship. The attainment of thispurpose requires, the individual'integrity of aiL rnembers'of the,University community; including all graduate and undergraduatestudents. Scholars at McMaster demonstrate integrity in manyways, including the following:•. Scholars practice intellectual honesty in the process of acquiring'and extet:'lding knovvledge. They do this by imprqving scholarlycompetence, and by exercising critical thinking and self~discipline;• Scholars show respect for and courtesy to others in free dis- .cussions on academic topics and recognize; the right to free.. inquiry and opinion; , . . . ~ .• . Scholars " adhere· to ethical requirements in' their .. research; .• Scholars acknowledge: fully the work of others by providing'a'p'Pfopriate r~ferences in papers, \essays, and the like anddeclaring the contributions of co-workers~ Scholars do nottake credit that is not earned: . . '. ,.• Scholars strive to ensure that others are not/put'at a disadvantagein theirpursuit of knowledge. They do'not withh'old mate~rial that should rightly be 'available to all.,: The University states unequivocally that it demands 'scholarlyintegrity from all its members .• Academic dishonesty, in whateverform, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University; fur~thermore, it is unfair and discouraging to those students ~hopursue their studies honestly.. . / ..Academic dishonesty is not qualitatively· different from other'types of dishonesty. It consists of misrepresentation bydeceptionor by other fraudulent means. In an academic setting, thismay include any. number of fmms SU9h as:'• copying or the use of u'nauthorized 'aids in tests, examinationsand laboratory 'reports, " ,• plagiarism, i.e., the submission of work that is not one's ownor for which previous credit has been obtained; unl,ess the'previously submitted work, was· presented as such to the in~,structor of the second COUrse and was deemeda.cceptablefor credit by the .instructor oOhat course,'"' " ,, SErt4TE POLICY STATEMENTS . 27',. aiding and abetting another student's 'dishonesty,• givrng false information for the purposes of gaining a.dmis-, sion or credit, ' . ,• giving false information for the purposes of obtaining deferred" examinations or extension of deadlines, and• . forging or falsifying McMaster University documents.For a complete definition and examplesiplease refer to the .AcademiG Integrity Policy, Appendix 3. .'. '. '.Allegations of academic dishonesW will' be handled according, to the procedures described in the Academic Integrity Policy. Penalties,may be imposed on students who have been found guilty of ,, academic dishonesty. Examples of penalties include a mark ofzero on an assignment, zero for the course with 'a transcript notation,and suspension or expulsion' from the University, etc., . : Student Appeal' Procedures'