Example: College of Pharmacy Honor Code

The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Honor System and Code applies to all classroom-based, laboratory and experiential work undertaken by students while enrolled in the College of Pharmacy.

Article IV. Responsibilities of Students:

Each student is bound by the following specific provisions as part of the Code:

1. Each student recognizes that academic misconduct is unacceptable behavior for students in a professional school and is a violation of the Code. Academic misconduct is any unauthorized act which may give a student an unfair advantage over other students, including but not limited to:
   • Falsification: altering, forging or misusing a University academic record; willfully providing University offices or officials with false, misleading, or incomplete information; fabricating data.
   • Plagiarism: use of work or ideas of others without crediting the source.
   • Misuse of Test Materials: taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; taking or damaging a posted examination or assignment key.
   • Receiving Unauthorized Assistance: copying or consulting information during an exam, both paper and online, provided by other individuals, notes, textbooks or other references except as specified by the evaluator; copying or collaborating on class work, lab reports or other assignments which require independent work; receiving questions, answers or a copy of an original exam before taking the makeup exam.
   • Giving Unauthorized Assistance: sharing answers during an exam, both paper and online; writing a paper or completing an assignment for another; sharing exam questions or answers with a student before a make-up exam.

U of MN College of Pharmacy Honor Code