ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Academic Information

Primary sources of academic information for students are the Catalog of Studies, the student’s academic advisors and teachers, and web sites for the student’s program, department, and college. Catalogs are available not only in print but also at the U of A web site, and a listing of college and school advising centers is provided below. Students are encouraged to learn to use their catalogs as a reference for academic policy. Go to the U of A home page site for Academics <http://www.uark.edu/home/11023.php> to find connections to the List of Schools and Colleges, List of Majors, Registrar’s Office (to request a transcript, access the eight-semester degree programs), Schedule of Classes, Catalog of Studies, Academic Support (tutoring and supplemental instruction services), and other special centers, programs, and opportunities.

The Division of Academic Affairs is headed by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The provost is responsible for academic affairs policy development and oversight of the 10 colleges and schools, along with Admissions, the Registrar's Office, Financial Aid, the University Libraries, Air Force and Army ROTC, the Teaching and Faculty Support Center, and the offices of Institutional Research and Summer Sessions). The Provost shares oversight responsibility for the Enhanced Learning Center and the Office of Diversity and Education.



ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT

For Academic Advisement Information, please contact the following offices:
Architecture
214 Vol Walker Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-2399
Fax: 479-575-7429
http://architecture.uark.edu/

Education and Health Professions
Graduate Education Bld 326
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-4203
Fax: 479-575-8797
http://www.uark.edu/depts/coehp/

Walton College of Business
WCOB Room 328
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-6308
Fax: 479-575-2525
http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/

Fulbright College
Old Main Room 518
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-3307
Fax: 479-575-7121
http://www.uark.edu/~arsc/

College of Engineering
Bell Engineering Room 3189
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-6012
Fax: 479-575-7744
http://www.engr.uark.edu/

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
AFLS E108
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-2252
Fax: 479-575-7273
http://www.uark.edu/depts/dbcafls/

The Graduate School
119 Ozark Hall
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph: 479-575-4401
Fax: 479-575-5908
TDD: 479-575-5909
Toll-free: 866-234-3957
E-mail: gradinfo@uark.edu
http://www.uark.edu/grad

NOTE: Honors College does not do advising - each college does their own for honors students

ACADEMIC HONESTY(CAMPUS COUNCIL, REVISED FEBRUARY 6, 1986)


Introduction
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, presents this policy as part of its effort to maintain the integrity of its academic processes. Academic honesty should be a concern of the entire university community, and a commitment to it must involve students, faculty, and administrators. Students must understand what academic integrity is and what the most common violations are. With that understanding they must commit themselves to the highest standards for their own, as well as for their peers’ academic behavior. Public support and encouragement of the faculty is a second critical component necessary to strengthen academic integrity on campus. Faculty members must be continually vigilant in the management of their classes, their assignments, and their tests. Finally, the administration of the University must present to the students standards of academic integrity. Those standards must be part of a publicly recognized, understood, and accepted set of policies and procedures that can be applied consistently and fairly in cases of academic dishonesty. It is the responsibility of each student, faculty member, and administrator to understand these policies. A lack of understanding is not an adequate defense against a charge of academic dishonesty. With regard to the application of this policy, the University assures its support of faculty members and other employees of the University who are acting in good faith in the course and scope of their employment and in the performance of their official duties. This policy is only a part of the University’s effort to promote academic integrity in all aspects of its programs. By necessity, this part discusses only prohibited acts and a process of applying sanctions. The ultimate goal, of course, is to provide an atmosphere that will make superfluous the procedures and sanctions that follow.

Definitions
Academic dishonesty involves acts that may subvert or compromise the integrity of the educational process at the University of Arkansas. Included is an act by which a student gains or attempts to gain an academic advantage for himself or herself or another by misrepresenting his or her or another’s work or by interfering with the completion, submission, or evaluation of work. These include, but are not limited to, accomplishing or attempting any of the following acts:
1. Altering of grades or official records.
2. Using any materials that are not authorized by the instructor for use during an examination.
3. Copying from another student’s paper during an examination.
4. Collaborating during an examination with any other person by giving or receiving information without specific permission of the instructor.
5. Stealing, buying, or otherwise obtaining information about an examination not yet administered.
6. Collaborating on laboratory work, take-home examinations, homework, or other assigned work when instructed to work independently.
7. Substituting for another person or permitting any other person to substitute for oneself to take an examination.
8. Submitting as one’s own any theme, report, term paper, essay, computer program, other written work, speech, painting, drawing, sculpture, or other art work prepared totally or in part by another.
9. Submitting, without specific permission of the instructor, work that has been previously offered for credit in another course.
10. Plagiarizing, that is, the offering as one’s own work the words, ideas, or arguments of another person without appropriate attribution by quotation, reference, or footnote. Plagiarism occurs both when the words of another are reproduced without acknowledgement or when the ideas or arguments of another are paraphrased in such a way as to lead the reader to believe that they originated with the writer. It is the responsibility of all University students to understand the methods of proper attribution and to apply those principles in all materials submitted.
11. Sabotaging of another student’s work.
12. Falsifying or committing forgery on any University form or document.
13. Submitting altered or falsified data as experimental data from laboratory projects, survey research, or other field research.
14. Committing any willful act of dishonesty that interferes with the operation of the academic process.
15. Facilitating or aiding in any act of academic dishonesty.

Procedures
Sanctions for acts of academic dishonesty may be applied in the following ways:
A. Instructor Action
When an instructor determines or believes that a student in the instructor’s class is guilty of academic dishonesty deserving of sanction, the instructor should, within five working days, take action in one of the following ways: (If the instructor is either a graduate teaching assistant or a temporary faculty member, then a supervising faculty member or the departmental head or chairman may assist in the handling of an academic dishonesty case.)
1. The instructor may determine a grade sanction and within five working days report that sanction along with the essential details of the incident to the judicial coordinator in Student Affairs. There is, under these circumstances, no request for administrative or judicial action. The student sanctioned in this way by an instructor will be notified by Student Affairs and will have five working days from that notification to request a hearing by the All-University Judiciary Board(AUJ) as outlined in Section B below. If the student does not request a hearing within five working days, then it is assumed that the sanction is not contested. The student will be required to have a conference with the judicial coordinator so that the consequences of the action can be made clear. During the course of the hearing, the student’s participation in the affected class should continue so that any action can be reversed without prejudicing the student’s academic performance and evaluation. Should the hearing process not support the grading sanction applied by the instructor, then the instructor and student may agree and remedy the sanction with the student proceeding in the class without prejudice. If the instructor and the student cannot so agree, or if the grading sanction cannot be remedied, then the student may appeal via the Academic Appeal Structure for Undergraduate Students. If the defense of any grade is based on alleged academic dishonesty and the faculty member has not followed the University policy, the ability of the faculty member to defend his or her action may be adversely affected.
2. The instructor may file an incident report form referring the case to the judicial process for determinations of guilt or innocence and the application of sanctions. If the student is determined to be guilty of academic dishonesty, then the instructor may apply a grade sanction in addition to whatever sanctions are applied by the judicial process. While such a case is pending in the judicial process, the student’s participation in the affected class should continue to avoid pre-empting the options available after the guilt or innocence is determined. This course of action is appropriate in cases where there is doubt about guilt or innocence or in cases where the offense deserves sanctions beyond the grading system.

B. Judicial Process
If the instructor chooses to refer the case to the judicial process as outlined in A.2 or if another student, faculty member, or administrator wishes to charge a student with academic dishonesty, the following procedures will be followed:
1. Administrative Action. This would involve the application of a sanction or an admonition or some type of probation following established guidelines by the judicial coordinator after an incident has been reported by a faculty member, an administrator, or a student. Such action may be appropriate in cases where there is little or no disagreement as to the details of the reported incident. Administrative sanctions may be appealed by any party in the incident to AUJ within three working days of notification of the administrative action.
2. All-University Judiciary Board (AUJ). This involves applications of sanctions for academic dishonesty after the case has been heard and decided by AUJ. This would be used in contested cases, cases of appeals of instructor or administrative actions, any case involving a student with previous record of academic dishonesty or who previously received a grade sanction for academic dishonesty, and in cases where the sanction could result in suspension or expulsion from the University. The procedures involved in AUJ action are available from Academic Affairs or Student Affairs. The actions of AUJ maybe appealed within 48 hours after notification of the decision through the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Actions of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs may be appealed within 48 hours after notification of the decision, to the Chancellor of the University. If the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or the Chancellor discovers evidence previously unavailable to AUJ, then the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs or the Chancellor may explain in writing to the Chair of AUJ and request that AUJ rehear the case.

Sanctions
The choice of sanctions in cases of academic dishonesty always involves consideration of the integrity of the educational process of the University. There is no place in that process for academic dishonesty; and if a student is undermining the integrity of that process, then separating that student from the University is the natural sanction. The intent of this policy is to make acts of academic dishonesty clear risks, that is, the sanctions are to be sufficiently heavy to deter academic dishonesty. Thus, the application of a grade sanction as the only sanction is to be very carefully considered and should occur only in unusual cases.
The following are possible sanctions for academic dishonesty:
1. Grading Sanctions. An instructor may apply grading sanctions. Such sanctions may also be recommended by either the judicial coordinator in case of administrative action or by AUJ, but the final decision will be that of the instructor. Grade sanctions may consist of either grades of zero or failing grades on part or all of a submitted assignment or examination, or a lowering of a course grade, or a failing grade. All grade sanctions must be appropriately reported as outlined in the procedures above. A grade sanction may be appealed by the student via the Academic Appeal Structure for Undergraduate Students.
2. Disciplinary Sanctions. These are applied by either administrative action or AUJ action. The types:
a. University Reprimand - In cases of minor violations students will be placed on a warning status for one calendar year. A copy of the decision is retained in a student’s file for one year and may be used in determining sanctions for cases brought during that year. Records are not maintained after the warning period has expired.
b. University Censure - A University Censure is a warning similar to a University Reprimand. However, a student may be placed on University Censure for a specified period not to exceed a student’s graduation. These records are maintained for seven years from the date of sanction.
c. Conduct Probation - This sanction is imposed when a student’s actions are found to be serious, but not serious enough to warrant Suspension or Expulsion. The disciplinary authority shall indicate the length of the probationary period. A student who is placed on Conduct Probation is considered not to be in good standing with the University. In the event of a further violation of this Code while on Conduct Probation, the Dean of Students or the Dean’s designee will generally seek the penalty of Suspension. These records are maintained for seven years from the date of sanction. In addition, the student can be restricted from certain activities on campus (participation in registered student organizations, intramural athletics, varsity athletics, etc.)
d. Suspension - Suspension involves withdrawal of enrollment privileges for a specified period of time and ordinarily carries with it conditions which must be met for re-enrollment. During the period of Suspension, the student may not come onto campus, except when specifically authorized in writing by the Dean of Students or designee. Failure to abide by this condition may result in arrest for trespassing and/or further disciplinary sanctions. Suspended students are not permitted to live or board in University facilities or approved student organization housing (i.e., facilities owned by the University and leased to a student organization). Students suspended may not receive credit for University work completed by correspondence or in residence at another university without permission from the Dean of Students. Re-enrollment after a suspension requires that the student apply to the Dean of Students at the close of the imposed period. The Dean of Students determines whether the student has met the conditions imposed and is otherwise eligible for re-enrollment. These records are maintained indefinitely.
e. Expulsion - Expulsion is a permanent dismissal from the University. These records are maintained indefinitely.
f. Educative Sanctions - These include a variety of assignments, tasks, or experiences that should make the offender more aware of the nature of the general problem of academic dishonesty. These may be applied in conjunction with any admonition or probation.

Implementation and Review
For details of procedures for implementing this policy, contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. This University policy does not preclude the implementation by colleges of policies determined by the Vice Chancellor to be more rigorous.