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UNT//CSRR University of North Texas

Categories of Misconduct

Misconduct for which students are subject to discipline falls into the following categories:

  1. Acts of Dishonesty, including but not limited to:
    1. Academic dishonesty - cheating. The term "cheating" includes, but is not limited to:
      1. use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations;
      2. dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments;
      3. the acquisition, without permission, of tests, notes or other academic material belonging to a faculty or staff member of the University;
      4. dual submission of a paper or project, or resubmission of a paper or project to a different class without express permission from the instructor(s);
      5. any other act designed to give a student an unfair advantage.
    2. Academic dishonesty — plagiarism. The term "plagiarism" includes, but is not limited to:
      1. the knowing or negligent use by paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement and/or
      2. the knowing or negligent unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or by an agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.
    3. Furnishing false or misleading information to any University office, official, faculty or staff member acting in an official capacity, or giving false or misleading testimony or other falsified evidence at any campus disciplinary proceeding.
    4. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any University document, record, or instrument of identification in any way related to the student's education at UNT.
    5. Tampering with the election of any University-recognized student organization.
    6. Attempted or actual theft whether on or off campus.
    7. Damage to personal property of a member of the university community or of a campus visitor or damage to property of the university, other than accidental.
    8. Unauthorized access or other abuse of computer systems or computer time relating to University endeavors.
    9. Unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys to University property or unauthorized entry to or use of University premises.
    10. Conspiring, planning, attempting or knowingly acting as an accessory to any of the violations above; being present while the offense is committed and advising, instigating or encouraging the act; facilitating in the committing of any offense in any way.
  2. Conduct which adversely affects the University community, including but not limited to:
    1. Obstruction or disruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary procedures or other University activities, including public service functions or other authorized activities on or off University premises.  Includes interrupting, hindering or preventing classroom instruction or other official educational activities from occurring intentionally through noise, acts of incivility, or other means.
    2. Physical Abuse, verbal abuse, threats, intimidation, harassment, coercion; and/or other conduct which threatens or endangers the health or safety of any person.  Speech protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is not a violation of this provision, although fighting words and statements, which reasonably threaten or endanger the health and safety of any person are not protected speech.  Each allegation of a violation under this provision shall be reviewed in consideration of these factors.
    3. Use or possession on campus of ammunition, firearms, explosives, or other objects that are dangerous or flammable or that could cause damage by fire or explosion to persons or property.  Firearms are prohibited in or on any portion of buildings, grounds or parking lots except as allowed under Subchapter of the Texas Government Code.  Felony status and penalties for breach of state law apply.
    4. Hazing as defined by Section 51.936 and 37.151-157, Texas Education Code, such as engaging in, soliciting, encouraging, directing, aiding or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly permitting behavior such as physical brutality, risk of harm to mental or physical health or safety, intimidation, threat of ostracism, mental stress, humiliation, or other behavior adverse to health or human dignity to occur in association with pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in a student organization or having firsthand knowledge of the planning of hazing or of its occurrence and failing to report it to school authorities.
    5. Disruptive activities as defined by Section 37.123 and 51.935 of the Texas Education Code, such as intentionally obstructing, restraining, preventing or attempting to prevent passage of individuals on campus or into/out of campus buildings by force, by violence or by the threat of same; seizing control of a building/portion of a building to interfere with an administrative, educational, research or other authorized activity; preventing participation in or the holding of a lawful assembly or attempting to prevent same by force/violence, by threat or by causing reasonable fear of force/violence; or disrupting an assembly in progress by one or more such means.
    6. Illegal use, possession, sale, manufacture, distribution or effective control of chemical precursors, controlled substances, controlled substance analogues, dangerous or illegal drugs; misuse, possession or effective control with intent to misuse of a legal drug or other substance which when not used in accordance with legal intent could cause harm to the user; possession of drug paraphernalia; or being a party to any of the above, whether on or off campus.
    7. Use, possession or distribution of alcoholic beverages, except as expressly permitted by law and University regulations or public intoxication.
    8. Conduct that is disorderly or obscene; breach of peace; or aiding, abetting or procuring another person to breach the peace on University premises or functions sponsored by or participated in by the University.
    9. Intellectual property violations including the use or distribution of copyrighted or trademarked works of another without the expressed consent of the owner of the copyright or trademark.  A student who receives written notification from a faculty member that the information provided in his or her course is the faculty member's intellectual property shall not distribute, use for commercial purposes, or create derivative works of the intellectual property without obtaining the express written permission of the faculty member.  Students shall not assume permission absent written notification from the faculty member.
    10. Violation of policies or regulations (other than that stated in the Code of Student Conduct) at the University or other institutions of higher education previously attended by the student, which have been published and are/were readily available to the student, including but not limited to those which govern academic matters, housing, alcohol use, financial matters, student life, and the maintenance of the health, safety, and welfare of any college or University community.
    11. An act which constitutes a violation of federal, state, civil or criminal laws or city ordinances, regardless of whether the act occurred on or off campus and regardless of whether the individual is ultimately convicted of the act.
    12. Conspiring, planning, attempting or knowingly acting as an accessory to any of the violations above; being present while the offense is committed and advising, instigating or encouraging the act; facilitating in the committing of any offense in any way.
  3. Misconduct relating to official obligations between the student and the University or its officials, including but not limited to the following:
    1. Issuance of a check without sufficient funds.
    2. Failure to fulfill financial obligations to the University.
    3. Failure to fulfill other legally binding obligation(s) to the University.
    4. Failure to comply with reasonable directions of or failure to heed an official summons of University officials, faculty or staff members acting in the performance of their duties.
    5. Failure to comply with sanction(s) imposed under the Code of Student Conduct or sanctions otherwise imposed by the University.
    6. Failure to report a change of address with the University Registrar.
    7. Conspiring, planning, attempting or knowingly acting as an accessory to any of the violations above; being present while the offense is committed and advising, instigating or encouraging the act; facilitating in the committing of any offense in any way.