2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Department of Couple and Family Therapy 2021–2022 350 The dean of the college has established the following code of conduct (the code), which shall apply to all students enrolled in the college. Students enrolled in the college are expected to adhere to behavior consistent with the high standards of the family therapy profession. Compliance with institutional regulations, as well as city, state, and federal laws, is expected. Department of Couple and Family Therapy students shall act honorably and ethically. Dishonesty, unethical behavior, or other designated inappropriate conduct shall not be tolerated. It is not possible to enumerate all forms of inappropriate behavior, some of which could raise serious questions concerning a student’s ability to continue in the academic program. Below, however, are the general rules and policies that shall apply to all students. A. Academic Dishonesty The college holds its students to the highest standards of intellectual integrity. Therefore, any student attempting to take any examination by improper means, presenting work that he or she has not performed, aiding and abetting any other student in any dishonest academic act, or having direct knowledge of such without reporting it may subject the offending student to a meeting before the SPAC and subsequent dismissal from the college. Students shall be afforded the opportunity for an internal and private (no nonuniversity participants) meeting with the SPAC in matters relevant to academic dishonesty. Such matters will be brought to the attention of the program director who will inform the department chair and, in turn, will refer them to the SPAC. The university is an academic community and expects its students to manifest a commitment to academic integrity through rigid observance of standards for academic honesty. The university can function properly only when its members adhere to clearly established goals and values. Accordingly, the academic standards are designed to ensure that the principles of academic honesty are upheld. The following acts violate the academic honesty standards: Cheating —intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise Fabrication —intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise Facilitating Academic Dishonesty —intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of this code Plagiarism —the adoption or reproduction of ideas, words, or statements of another person as one’s own without proper acknowledgment Students are expected to submit tests and assignments that they have completed without aid or assistance from other sources. Using sources to provide information, without giving credit to the original source, is dishonest. Students should avoid any impropriety, or the appearance thereof, in taking examinations or completing work in pursuance of their educational goals.