Committee on Student Discipline

The Arts & Science Committee on Student Discipline oversees the academic conduct of students in the College of Arts and Science and the Graduate School of Arts and Science. Gathered here are a number of resources for faculty and students, including the rules and procedures for adjudicating academic disciplinary complaints concerning students in the College and the Graduate School, and other relevant University rules, policies, and procedures.

Effective August 12, 2018, allegations of non-academic misconduct, as outlined in the University Student Conduct Policy, against a student of the College of Arts and Science or the Graduate School of Arts and Science , shall be addressed pursuant to the procedures set forth in the NYU Student Conduct Procedures and administered by the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards under the authority of the Senior Vice President of Student Affairs. Allegations of academic misconduct (plagiarism, cheating, etc.) against a student of the College of Arts and Science or the Graduate School of Arts and Science shall continue to be addressed by the school in accordance with established procedures.

Arts & Science Statement on Student Discipline

New York University is a community of scholars who value free and open inquiry. Our work depends on honest assessment of ideas and their sources; and we expect all members of our community to maintain the highest integrity in their academic work. As scholars committed to the critical evaluation of ideas, free of personal prejudice, we also have an obligation to one other to create an educational atmosphere of mutual trust and respect in which differences of opinion can be subjected to deliberate and reasonable examination without animus. Because of the central importance of these values to our intellectual life together, students who fail to maintain them will be subject to academic disciplinary sanction, which may include dismissal from the University.

Academic Disciplinary offenses include but are not limited to:

cheating, plagiarism, falsification of data or sources and forgery. Forgery or other misrepresentations or omissions in the admissions process is also prohibited by NYU; procedures and practices for addressing such instances are set and implemented by NYU’s undergraduate admissions and the respective CAS graduate program admissions unit;
destruction, theft, or unauthorized use of laboratory data, or research materials.

The following penalties may be imposed by the faculty for disciplinary infractions: