undergraduate

Deans’ List
The Deans’ List recognizes superior academic
achievement. Deans' List achievements at Ambrose will be
recorded each semester on the student's official
transcript. Students in the Bachelor of Education Afterdegree
program are not eligible for Dean’s List.
At the end of each academic semester, the Vice President
for Academic Affairs of Ambrose publishes a list of
students who have earned at least a 3.50 GPA during the
preceding semester on a minimum of 12 graded credits at
Ambrose University. This applies to students in diploma
and degree programs only. Students with incomplete
grades are not eligible for Deans’ List.
Appeal of Grades
Students are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of
information on their transcript. An appeal for change of
final grade on any course must first be made to the course
instructor within one week of receiving notification of the
final grade.
In the event that the instructor chooses not to change the
final grade, an appeal for change of final grade must be
submitted to the Office of the Registrar using the
appropriate form within 30 days of receiving notification
of the final grade, providing the basis for appeal. A review
fee of $50.00 must accompany the appeal to review final
grades. If the appeal is sustained, the fee will be refunded.
Academic Dishonesty
Academic dishonesty is taken seriously at Ambrose
University as it undermines our academic standards and
affects the integrity of each member of our learning
community. Any attempt to obtain credit for academic
work through fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest means is
academic dishonesty.
Cheating
Cheating is a serious form of academic dishonesty.
Cheating includes, but is not limited to:
sitting for an examination by surrogate or acting
as a surrogate;
tampering or attempting to tamper with
examinations, grades, or class records;
communicating with another student during an
examination in a dishonest way;
bringing into an examination any textbook, note
book, paper, information or electronic device
not authorized by the instructor or examiner;
consulting any person or materials outside the
examination room without permission to do so;
attempting to read other students' examination
papers, or allowing another student to read an
examination paper.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves presenting someone else’s ideas,
words, or work as one’s own. Plagiarism is fraud and theft,
but plagiarism can also occur by accident when a student
fails or forgets to give credit to another person’s ideas or
words.
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to
submitting work previously submitted in another
course without the consent of the instructor;
representing the words, ideas, or work of
another as one’s own in any academic exercise;
conducting any act that defrauds the academic
process.
Nearly all forms of plagiarism can be avoided by giving
credit to others whenever using
another person’s idea, opinion, or theory;
any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings i.e. any
pieces of information that are not common
knowledge;
quotations of another person’s actual spoken or
written words;
a paraphrase of another person’s spoken or
written words.
Penalties and Procedures for Academic Dishonesty
If an instructor finds sufficient evidence of academic
dishonesty on the part of a student, the student will be
subject to penalty. Any form of academic dishonesty may
result in a zero grade on the assignment, loss of credit in
that course, suspension, or other administrative action.
Where there is reason to believe a student is in violation of
an academic standard outlined in the academic policies,
the following process will be in effect.
Normally, the respective faculty member will deal with the
matter, although the Academic Dean may be involved at
the request of the faculty member. Faculty members have
the authority and responsibility to assess penalties for
academic dishonesty, which will normally be an ‘F’ on the
work so compromised.
In any event, the matter will be reported to the Dean, and
a written record will be kept of the violation in the
student’s permanent file. The Dean has the authority to
impose any penalty considered appropriate for the
infraction. The most severe penalty imposed will be a
recommendation to the President that the student be
dismissed from the University.
Students whose cases have been referred may appear
before the Dean to present their case. Whenever students
appear to present their case before an individual or
committee, they may bring one other person who is able
to support them in some way. However, this person may
not be professional legal counsel.
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