Student Expectations
Overview of Student Expectations
VIDEO: Academic Advice and Student Conduct Expectations
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This 6 minute video covers academic requirements, academic policies, and student conduct (at both CU Boulder and Western). As a partnership student, you must pay attention and abide by policies at both campuses, so make sure you are aware of these!
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Policies on Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Violence, Stalking, Discrimination & Harassment
Students who are members of the partnership program (regardless of if you are taking courses on both campuses or not), are held to the student conduct policies and honor codes (as detailed in the presentation), as well as sexual misconduct, intimate partner violence, and stalking policy, as detailed on the website of the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance. Additionally, all partnership students, faculty and staff are to abide by the discrimination and harassment policy.
Learn more in the 2nd portion of the Canvas Orientation Module, the Community Equity Course, which is required to be completed prior to class registration.
Honor Code Pledge
"On my honor, as a University of Colorado Boulder student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance."
The purpose of the Honor Code is to uphold CU Boulder's standards of academic integrity and intellectual honesty, as well as provide quick resolution of reports of student academic misconduct. All students agree to abide by the Honor Code by enrolling at CU Boulder. Below are some tips to help you avoid Honor Code violations.
Review this video specific to the Honor Code at CU Boulder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02S-Yxez_Sc&feature=emb_logo
Links to an external site.
Links to Policies
- Western Student Handbook Links to an external site.
- CU Boulder Academic Policies
- CU Boulder Honor Code
- CU Boulder Student Conduct Code
- Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Violence & Stalking Policy
- Discrimination & Harassment Policy
- National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics for Engineers Links to an external site.
- The Colorado Creed
Disclosure Statement
CU Boulder has a responsibility to provide a safe and nondiscriminatory environment. If you disclose having been impacted by sexual misconduct, protected-class discrimination or harassment, intimate partner violence, stalking, or related retaliation, we are required to share that information to the CU Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC) for outreach regarding support and reporting options. You are not required to respond to OIEC. If you are in need of support, here is a list of resources, including confidential assistance. If you have questions before you want to submit this type of information, please contact the confidential Office of Victim Assistance.
Additionally, please note that the university takes disclosures around threat of harm to self or others seriously and when information of this nature is received, it will be shared with the appropriate offices to offer additional support and resources.
Disability Services
Students with disabilities are to receive reasonable accommodations and services so that they may fully participate in the academic environment. Western's Disability Services Links to an external site. is available to meet with students about specific situations.
Academic accommodations are determined by current impact of a disability. Examples of reasonable academic accommodations may include:
- Extended time on quizzes and exams
- A distraction-reduced environment on quizzes and exams
- Note-taking assistance
- Electronic textbooks
- Computer for written exams
- Preferential seating
- Breaks during class and exams
- American sign language (ASL) interpretive services
Partnership students seeking accommodations should first consult with their Academic Advisor.
If you are currently registered with Disability Services at Western and will need accommodations for any CU Boulder courses taken on Western’s campus, you must register with CU Boulder’s Office of Disability Services by completing the following steps:
- Go to colorado.edu/disabilityservices/register
- Complete the online application
- Make sure to select "I am enrolled in a Western Colorado University/CU Boulder engineering/CS partnership program."
- Submit supporting documentation which may include psychoeducational evaluations and your Letters of Accommodation from Western's Disability Services Director.
- Note: You must meet CU-Boulder’s documentation guidelines which can be found at colorado.edu/disabilityservices/documentation-guidelines
- Complete an Access Meeting with a CU-Boulder Access Coordinator
- Login to CU-Boulder’s online disability services portal to manage your accommodations for all of your CU-Boulder classes.
Questions can be directed to dsinfo@colorado.edu.