Academic Integrity and Student Conduct

What is Academic Integrity?

The Guidelines for Academic Conduct from University of Saskatchewan Council give the following description of honest behaviour at the university:

Honesty and integrity are expected in class participation, examinations, assignments, patient care and other academic work.

• Perform your own work unless specifically instructed otherwise.
• Use your own work to complete assignments and exams.
• Cite the source when quoting or paraphrasing someone else's work.
• Follow examination rules.
• Be truthful on all university forms.
• Discuss with your professor if you are using the same material for assignments in two different courses.
• Discuss with your professor if you have any questions about whether sources require citation.
• Use the same standard of honesty with fellow students, lab instructors, teaching assistants, sessional instructors and administrative staff as you do with faculty.

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 Useful Links:

• Student Judicial Processes Presentation Information Sheet (pdf)
• Summary of U of S academic integrity and student conduct policies (pdf)
• Class Handout on Academic Honesty Policies (pdf)
• University Council policy on student appeals in academic matters
• University Council policy on student academic dishonesty rules  [to be replaced January 1, 2010 by the Regulations for Student Academic Misconduct]
• University Senate policy on student conduct in non-academic matters.

For a summary of these and other University of Saskatchewan ethics policies see the Resources page.

Academic Integrity Awareness Week
See the  Main Page  at the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness

"Crossing the Line" Video
What’s the meaning of academic integrity? You be the judge! U of S drama students wrote and performed these dramatic yet humorous sketches about plagiarism, cheating and academic integrity issues.