The College of Arts and Sciences at CU-Boulder approved the use of the student-run Honor Code Feb. 28. The vote means the Honor Code will be in effect in the College of Arts and Sciences for the fall 2002 semester.
The Arts and Sciences College is the biggest of the university's schools and colleges to approve the code and the second to last to do so.
According to John-John Cord, law student and chair of the CU-Boulder Honor Code Council, 214 votes were cast in favor of the code and only about 20 votes were against it.
The code will be in effect campus-wide in fall 2002 if the College of Architecture and Planning approves it. Architecture and Planning plans to base its decision on the general campus consensus, which has been in favor of the code.
The Leeds School of Business and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication approved the code last fall. The School of Education voted in favor of the plan on Dec. 5, the College of Engineering and Applied Science endorsed the code in early December and the College of Music approved the code in January.Ìý
Under the Honor Code, a student accused of cheating can either accept the accusation by the faculty member or have a hearing by a panel of his or her peers who would then determine whether the student is guilty or innocent of cheating.
Students found guilty of cheating can face consequences ranging from being required to take a class in course ethics to expulsion, in addition to any academic sanctions given by the faculty member.
Having a university-wide Honor Code will help establish communication on academic ethics among the schools, Cord said.Ìý
Further information about CU-Boulder's honor code can be found at .