Surprising Facts About Academic Integrity at UCSD

Bet you didn't know that...

• Professors cannot academically sanction you for academic misconduct without reporting you to the Academic Integrity Office.
• In 2007-2008, 446 UC San Diego students were alleged with academic misconduct and so far, 54 have been suspended and 7 dismissed.
• You can get suspended or dismissed from the University for plagiarism (copying and pasting the words and ideas of others).
• If you're sanctioned for academic misconduct, the lowered grade remains on your transcript and stays calculated in your GPA, even if you retake the class.
• When you apply for graduate, law, or medical school, you may have to indicate that you've been disciplined for academic misconduct.
• If you're reported for a second policy violation, you may be dismissed from the University of California.

And we're pretty sure you didn't know that...

• The majority of students reported for policy violations accept responsibility for their actions.
• The standard sanction for altering a graded examination and resubmitting it for a regrade is a 1-year suspension.
• You can receive consequences even if you didn’t know you were violating the policy (i.e., ignorance is no excuse).
• The most common policy violations at UC San Diego are plagiarism, use of unauthorized aids, unauthorized collaboration, and fabrication/ falsification.
• When you're suspended or dismissed from UCSD, you are suspended or dismissed from the University of California system.

Continue surprising yourself

• Dispel common myths students often hold about cheating and plagiarism.
• Read the Academic Integrity Annual Report 2007-2008 (PDF), which contains facts, figures, and a summary of the academic year's integrity violations at UC San Diego.

Questions? Contact the Academic Integrity Office, (858) 822-2163.