SEAS Student Handbook

POLICY ON CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
Life in the Academic Community
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science within Columbia
University is a community. Admitted students, faculty, and administrators come together
and work through committees and other representative bodies to pursue and to promote
learning, scholarly inquiry, and free discourse. As in any community, principles of
civility and reasoned interaction must be maintained. Thus, methods for addressing social
as well as academic behaviors exist.
Standards and Discipline
As members of the Columbia University community, all students are expected to uphold
the highest standards of respect, integrity, and civility. These core values are key
components of the Columbia University experience and reflect the community's
expectations of Columbia University students. Students are therefore expected to conduct
themselves in an honest, civil, and respectful manner in all aspects of their lives. Students
who violate standards of behavior related to academic or behavioral conduct interfere
with their ability, and the ability of others, to take advantage of the full complement of
University life, and will thus be subject to Dean's Discipline.
Undergraduate Community members may find a full description of University policies on
the Student Conduct and Community Standards website.
We expect that in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, each student in the
School will act in an honest way and will respect the rights of others. Freedom of
expression is an essential part of University life, but it does not include intimidation,
threats of violence, or the inducement of others to engage in violence or in conduct which
harasses others. We state emphatically that conduct which threatens or harasses others
because of their race, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or for any other reason
is unacceptable and will be dealt with severely. If each of us at Columbia can live up to
these standards, we can be confident that all in our community will benefit fully from the
diversity to be found here. Any undergraduate student who believes he or she has been
victimized should speak with an adviser in the James H. and Christine Turk Berick
Center for Student Advising, a member of the Residential Life staff, or a member of
Student Conduct and Community Standards; graduate students should speak with an
officer in the Office of Graduate Student Affairs.
While every subtlety of proper behavior cannot be detailed here, examples of other
actions subject to discipline are:
Access, Unauthorized
Alcohol, Prohibited use of
Collusion
Columbia University Identification Card, Unauthorized use of
Columbia Identity (or affiliated organizations), Unauthorized use of
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