Undergraduate Calendar 2004-2005
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S T U D E N T A C A D E M I C D I S C I P L I N E ( P O L I C Y # 7 1 ) |
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Student offences punishable by disciplinary action are described in
Policy 71*. Refer to the section (***) at the end of Policy 33 for a list of on-campus
individuals, services/facilities available to advise students of their rights under this Policy and to
advise on the procedures to be followed.
Academic offences shall include, but shall not be limited to,
the following:
- Infringing unreasonably on the work of other members of the University
community (e.g. disrupting classes or examinations; harassing, intimidating
or threatening others).
- Violation of safety regulations in a laboratory or other academic setting.
- Cheating on examinations, assignments, work term reports, or any other
work used to judge student performance.
- Impersonating another student or entering into an arrangement with
another person to be impersonated for purposes of taking examinations or
tests, or carrying out assignments.
- Plagiarism, which is the act of presenting the ideas, words or other
intellectual property of another as one's own.
- Obtaining by improper means examination papers, tests, or similar materials,
or using or distributing such materials to others.
- Falsifying academic records, including tests and examinations, or submitting
false credentials.
- Oral or written misrepresentations (e.g., fraudulent health claims)
which may have an effect on academic evaluations.
- Submitting an essay, report, or assignment when a major portion has
been previously submitted or is being submitted for another course without
the express permission of all instructors involved.
Disciplinary Penalties. One or more of the following disciplinary
penalties may be imposed:
- A reprimand or warning to the student that her/his behaviour
has been unacceptable.
- Submission of a failing grade in an examination, test, assignment,
or course; or failed standing in a term.
- Disciplinary probation for the balance of the period of registration
at the University in the degree program in which the student was registered
at the time of the offence.
- Restraining orders in the case of threats to individuals or
restitution for property or other damages.
- Expunging grades or revoking degrees.
- Suspension of a student from the University, which shall not
exceed three years.
- Expulsion, which shall be permanent.
* The full text of Policy 71 is available electronically on the web
(http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.pdf).
Copies can also be obtained from the Secretariat (NH, Room 3060);
the Director, Conflict Management & Human Rights (MC, Room 4049); or the Ombudsperson (SLC, Room 2128).
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Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 Canada
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the
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