Academic Integrity Violation Submission and Review Process 

Academic Integrity Policy

A faculty member who suspects that a graduate student has violated the university’s Academic Integrity Policy must offer to meet with the student to discuss the suspected violation. The faculty member may ask the student to provide supporting documentation and may gather information from other students involved in the incident. 

If the faculty member finds that the student has violated the Academic Integrity Policy, the faculty member may take appropriate action and can include adjusting the student's grade, requiring additional academic work, and/or submitting a failing grade for the student's qualifying examination. The faculty member is encouraged to submit an incident report to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution and forward the report to the director for graduate administration at Khoury College of Computer Sciences, which handles suspected violations of the Academic Integrity Policy. Any penalties must be imposed by the faculty member within three weeks of learning of the suspected violation. 

The Academic Integrity Committee regularly reviews all reports and appeals. Students will be notified of the decision made by the Academic Integrity Committee within two weeks.

Students found in violation of the Academic Integrity Policy will be placed on deferred suspension. A deferred suspension is a formal warning for a violation and remains with the student for their entire time in the program. Based on the severity of the violation, the Academic Integrity Committee may recommend one or more of the following sanctions: 

  • Removal of co-op privilege for the remainder of time in the MS program 
  • Suspension or deferral of co-op for one or two semesters 
  • Disqualification from paid graduate student positions within the college (i.e., graders, course assistants, TA/RA appointments) 

Students deemed to be in violation of the Academic Integrity Policy for a second instance may be terminated from their graduate program. 

In accordance with university policy, the college maintains the right to override decisions issued by the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution in academic performance. 

Students will have the right to appeal all decisions issued by the Master's Academic Integrity Committee. The appeals process is outlined below. 

Appeals Process

Students are entitled to appeal all decisions made by the college’s Academic Integrity Appeals Committee. The appeals committee is comprised of a graduate co-op faculty member, the senior director of graduate student services, and one Khoury faculty member. Cases submitted concerning students from interdisciplinary programs will be reviewed by an appeals committee that includes a member of college administration at the assistant dean, associate dean, or faculty level. Student appeals will be heard by the committee and then by the college senior associate dean. In the event the appeal is denied at both college levels, the student will have the right to have their appeal heard by the university's Academic Appeals Resolution Committee. College-level appeals will be heard monthly, in accordance with the Academic Integrity Committee meeting schedule. 

Details regarding the university academic appeals process can be found in the graduate catalog.