E. Student Conduct
14. Instructional Offences
The Senate of the University has enacted the following regulations for instructional offences:
Any student commits an instructional offence who:
- cheats on an examination, test, or graded assignment by obtaining or producing an answer by deceit, fraud or trickery, or by some act contrary to the rules of the examination;
- submits substantially the same piece of work to two or more courses without the prior written permission of the instructors from all courses involved. Minor modifications and amendments, such as changes of phraseology in an essay or paper, do not constitute a significant and acceptable reworking of an assignment;
- contravenes the regulations published at an examination or which are displayed on the reverse side of a properly authorized examination booklet;
- commits an act of plagiarism (which for the purpose of this regulation shall mean to use and pass off as one's own idea or product work of another without expressly giving credit to another);
- disrupts a class or other period of instruction if he or she:
- is a registered member of the class or period of instruction;
- is warned to discontinue any act or behaviour reasonably judged by the instructor of the course or period of instruction to be detrimental to the class, and having ignored such warning is ordered by the instructor to leave and refuses to leave.
Any student found in violation of these regulations may be:
- expelled;
- suspended from all studies at the University;
- suspended from full-time studies;
and/or:
- awarded a reprimand;
- refused permission to continue or to register in a specific degree program but subject to having met all academic requirements shall be permitted to register and continue in some other program;
- placed on Academic Warning;
- awarded an F or Abs in a course or examination.
Allegations of instructional offence may be investigated by instructors and/or departmental chairs and, in all cases, will be reported to the faculty Dean. The Dean will promptly advise, in writing, the student and the University Ombudsperson of the allegation and of the student's rights. The Dean will review the allegation and, if not resolved at that level, the allegation becomes subject to final disposition by a tribunal appointed by the Senate. Information about procedure governing tribunals is available from the Clerk of Senate, 607 Robertson Hall.
Allegations of Instructional Offence involving students participating in the Carleton/University of Ottawa Exchange program will be investigated according to procedures established at the host institution. The results of such investigations will be forwarded to the home institution for final disposition.
