Boilerplate for Syllabi
All course syllabi should contain statements pertaining to disability accommodations and to the Code of Student Conduct, with emphasis placed on academic honesty. Suggested language is shown below.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications
and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable, students may obtain adaptation
recommendations from the Ross Center for Disability Services, M-1-401, (617-287-7430). The student
must present these recommendations and discuss them with each professor within a reasonable period,
preferably by the end of Drop/Add period.
for the Dishonesty statement please use either the short or long version below, or refer to the website
(http://www.umb.edu/academics/undergraduate/office/students/CodeofStudentConduct.html),
short version
STUDENT CONDUCT:
Students are required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating, to the
University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written Work, and to the Code of Student
Conduct as delineated in the University Catalog and Student Handbook. The Code is
available online at: http://www.umb.edu/student_services/student_rights/code_conduct.html
long version
VI. Academic Honesty
It is the expressed policy of the University that every aspect of academic life—not only formal coursework
situations, but all relationships and interactions connected to the educational process—shall be conducted in an absolutely and uncompromisingly honest manner. The University presupposes that any submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own and is in compliance with University policies. In cases where academic dishonesty is discovered after completion of a course or degree program, sanctions may be imposed retroactively, up to and including revocation of the degree. Any student who reasonably believes another student has committed an act of academic dishonesty should inform the course instructor of the alleged violation.
A. Honesty Violations
The University defines violations to include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Submitting as one’s own an author’s published or unpublished work (e.g. material from a journal, Internet site, newspaper, encyclopedia), in whole, in part, or in paraphrase, without fully and properly crediting the author.
- Submitting as one’s own work or materials obtained from another student, individual, or agency without full and proper attribution.
- Submitting as one’s own work material that has been produced through unacknowledged or unauthorized collaboration with others.
- Submitting substantially the same work to more than one course without prior approval from all instructors involved: i.e., dual or multiple submission.
- Using any unauthorized material during an examination, such as notes, tests, calculators, cell phones, PDAs, or other electronic or mechanical communication devices. Abuse of cellular devices with photographic capabilities and use of devices for purposes of photographing test questions or other notes and materials are also prohibited.
- Obtaining answers to examination questions from another person with or without that person’s knowledge; furnishing answers to examination questions to another student; using or distributing unauthorized copies of or notes from an examination.
- Submitting as one’s own an examination taken by another person; or taking an examination in another person’s place.
- Gaining or seeking to gain unauthorized access to, or altering or destroying the paper or electronic files of a student, faculty member, or staff member for the purpose of gaining better academic standing and success.
- Failing to adhere to professional standards or ethics of a discipline and/ or violating the rules of an agency in the course of completing field work, internship, practicum, student teaching, or clinical placement.
- Interfering with an instructor’s ability to evaluate accurately a student’s competence or performance; misleading any person in connection with one’s academic work.