Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities

Fairness | Honesty | Respect | Responsibility | Trust

Students should recognize their responsibility to uphold the Academic Integrity Policy and to report apparent violations to the appropriate persons.

Each student is required to sign the Academic Integrity Pledge given below on all major work submitted to an instructor. A student’s work need not be graded until he/she has signed the statement.

Exceptions to the requirement of signing the statement may be specified by appropriate persons or offices, as, for example, on theses and dissertations. In the absence of such exceptions, students who do not sign the pledge may be assumed to have violated the Academic Integrity Policy. In signing the pledge, the student indicates his/her knowledge that the Academic Integrity Policy governs his/her academic activities at the University.

Academic Integrity Pledge

I HAVE ABIDED BY THE UNCG Academic Integrity Policy ON THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Student’s Signature ___________________________________ Date ______

Students should recognize their responsibility to uphold the Academic Integrity Policy and to report apparent violations to the appropriate persons. Students who do not understand the Policy or its application to a particular assignment are responsible for raising such questions with their faculty member.

During the orientation period for new students, each student is asked to sign the following statement affirming their understanding and acceptance of the principles of the Academic Integrity Policy:

My words and actions will reflect Academic Integrity.
I will not cheat or lie or steal in academic matters.
I will promote integrity in the UNCG community.

Student’s Signature __________________________________ Date ______