Campus Policies

Campus Policies

Policy on Academic Honesty

As members of the academic community, students are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic integrity. The examples and definitions given below are intended to clarify the standards by which academic honesty and academically honorable conduct are to be judged. The following list is merely illustrative and is not intended to be exhaustive.

  • PLAGIARISM. Plagiarism is presenting another person’s work as one’s own. It includes paraphrasing or summarizing the works of another person without acknowledgement, including submitting another student’s work as one’s own.
  • CHEATING. This involves giving or receiving unauthorized assistance before, during or after an examination.
  • UNAUTHORIZED COLLABORATION. Submission for academic credit for a work, product or a part thereof, represented as being one’s own effort that has been developed in substantial collaboration with or without assistance from another person or source is a violation.
  • FALSIFICATION. It is a violation to misrepresent material or fabricate information in an academic exercise or assignment.
  • MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS. It is a violation of academic honesty to submit substantial portions of the same work for credit more than once without the explicit consent of the instructor(s) to whom the material is submitted for additional credit. In cases where there is a natural development of research or knowledge in a sequence of courses, use of prior work may be desirable or even required.

Policy on Limitations on Course Withdrawals (300.1.26)

  1. Maximum Course Withdrawal (Semester Hours): Students can drop classes without penalty during the schedule change (drop/add) period at the start of the semester. Schedule change deadlines are published in the academic calendar. After the drop/add deadline, students can withdraw from no more than 15 semester hours during their undergraduate career. After a student has exceeded this limit, the student must receive a final grade of A, B, C, D, or F. Incompletes “I” will not be allowed as a substitute for a course withdrawal beyond the course withdrawal limit. The course withdrawal limit applies to first-time college students and follows them until they graduate. Current and returning students are not affected. Any course that a student drops is counted toward the 15 semester hour limit. 
  2. Transfer Students: According to ECSU policy, the course withdrawal limit applies to all undergraduate students and follows them until they graduate. Students hav a maximum of 16 hours of course withdrawals.

Accessibility Resources 

Accessibility Statements, Support, & Privacy Policies

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The Americans with Disabilities Act requires reasonable accommodations to be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability, either learning-related or physical, which requires an accommodation to participate in college programs, services or activities, please contact the Accessibility Office of your home college for assistance.

Determination of accommodations and arrangement for services can be a lengthy process; therefore, we recommend that students begin the process and submit required documentation to their home college as soon as possible. For new students, this should be done 6-8 weeks prior to semester start date. For current students, this should be done at least 4 weeks prior to semester start date.