Students are members of both society and the university community, with attendant rights and responsibilities. Students are expected to comply with all laws and with university policies and campus regulations.

The standards of conduct below apply to students as the term 'student' is defined in Section 14.50 of these Policies. They also apply to:

a. applicants who become students, for offenses committed as part of the application process;

b. applicants who become students, for offenses committed on campus and/or while participating in University-related events or activities that take place following a student's submittal of the application through his or her official enrollment; and

c. former students for offenses committed while a student.

Chancellors may impose discipline for the commission or attempted commission (including aiding or abetting in the commission or attempted commission) of the following types of violations by students, as well as such other violations as may be specified in campus regulations:

102.01 All forms of academic misconduct, including but not limited to, cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, or facilitating academic dishonesty;

102.017 Selling, preparing, or distributing for any commercial purpose course lecture notes or video or audio recordings of any course unless authorized by the university in advance and explicitly permitted by the course instructor in writing. The unauthorized sale or commercial distribution of course notes or recordings by a student is a violation of these Policies whether or not it was the student or someone else who prepared the notes or recordings.

102.018 Copying for any commercial purpose handouts, readers or other course materials provided by an instructor as part of a University of California course unless authorized by the university in advance and explicitly permitted by the course instructor or the copyright holder in writing (if the instructor is not the copyright holder).

102.02 Other forms of dishonesty, including but not limited to, fabricating information , furnishing false information, or reporting a false emergency to the university;

102.03 Forgery, alteration, or misuse of any university, state, federal or other government documents, records, keys, electronic device, or identifications;

102.04 Theft of, conversion of, or damage to or destruction of, any property of the university or any property of others while on university premises, or possession of any property when the student had knowledge or reasonably should have had knowledge that it was stolen;

102.05 Theft or abuse of university computers and other university electronic resources such as computer and electronic communications facilities, systems, and services. Abuses include, but are not limited to, unauthorized entry, use, transfer, or tampering with the communications of others, and interference with the work of others and with the operation of computer and electronic communications facilities, systems, and services. Use of university computer and electronic communications facilities, systems, or services that violates other university policies or campus regulations;

102.06 Unauthorized entry to, possession of, receipt of, duplication of, or use of any university services; equipment; resources; or properties, including the university's name, insignia, or seal;

102.07 Violation of policies, regulations, or rules governing university –owned ,-operated, or -leased housing facilities or other housing facilities located on university property;

102.08 Conduct which constitutes:

a. physical abuse or physical assault;

b. threats of violence;

c. a threat to the health or safety of any person; or

d. rape, sexual assault, sex offenses,

102.09 Sexual harassment, as defined in university policy (see Appendix F & N). Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

a. a student who is also an employee of the university makes submission to such conduct, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of instruction, employment, or participation in other university activity over which the student has control by virtue of his or her university employment;

b. a student who is also an employee of the university makes submission to or rejection of such conduct a basis for evaluation in making academic or personnel decisions affecting an individual, when the student has control over such decisions by virtue of his or her university employment;

c. such conduct by any student has the purpose or effect of creating a hostile and intimidating environment sufficiently severe or pervasive to substantially impair a reasonable person's participation in university programs or activities, or use of university facilities;

In determining whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassment, consideration shall be given to the record of the incident as a whole and to the totality of the circumstances, including the location of the incident and the context in which the alleged incidents occurred. A copy of the UCSC Sex Offense Policy and Procedures for Reports of Sexual Assaults and Sexual Harassment is available via the web at http://www2.ucsc.edu/title9-sh

102.10 Stalking behavior in which a student repeatedly engages in a course of conduct directed at another person and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her family; where the threat is reasonably determined by the university to seriously alarm, torment, or terrorize the person, and where the threat is additionally determined by the university to serve no legitimate purpose;

102.11 Harassment by a student of any person. For the purposes of these Policies, 'harassment':

b. must target a specific person or persons; and

c. must be addressed directly to that person or persons.

Prior to applying this provision of policy to any student conduct, the campus is required to consult with the Office of General Counsel regarding its proper interpretation and application in light of the specific circumstances;

102.12 Participation in hazing or any method of initiation or pre-initiation into a campus organization or other activity engaged in by the organization or members of the organization at any time that causes, or is likely to cause, physical injury or personal degradation or disgrace resulting in psychological harm to any student or other person (See Appendix E);

102.13 Obstruction or disruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary procedures, or other university activities;

102.14 Disorderly or lewd conduct;

102.15 Participation in a disturbance of the peace or unlawful assembly;

102.16 Failure to identify oneself to, or comply with directions of, a university official or other public official acting in the performance of their duties while on university property or at official university functions, or resisting or obstructing such university or other public officials in the performance of or the attempt to perform their duties;

102.17 Unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, use, or sale of, or the attempted manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or sale of controlled substances, identified in federal or state laws or regulations which include:

a. opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol, methadones); and dangerous nonnarcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine); or

b. all other drugs not included in (102.17a);

102.18 Manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, use, or sale of, or the attempted manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or sale of alcohol which is unlawful or otherwise prohibited by, or not in compliance with, university policy or campus regulations, which include:

a. the manuafacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; or any attempt to commit any of the foregoing violations (this list does not include drunkenness and driving under the influence); or

b. all other alcohol-related rules, regulations and laws not included in (102.18a);

102.19 Possession, use, storage, or manufacture of explosives, firebombs, or other destructive devices;

102.20 Possession, use, or manufacture of a firearm or other weapon as prohibited by campus regulations;

102.21 Violation of the conditions contained in the terms of a disciplinary action imposed under these Policies or campus regulations;

102.22 Violation of the conditions contained in a written Notice of Emergency Suspension issued pursuant to Section 53.00 of these Policies or violation of orders issued pursuant to Section 52.00 of these Policies, during a declared state of emergency;

Procedural due process is basic to the proper enforcement of university policies and campus regulations. Chancellors shall establish and publish campus regulations providing for the handling of student conduct cases in accordance with basic standards of procedural due process. Consistent with this requirement, procedures specified in such regulations shall be appropriate to the nature of the case and the severity of the potential discipline.

103.11 When a formal hearing is deemed to be appropriate, campus implementing regulations shall provide the following minimum procedural standards to assure the accused student a fair hearing:

a. written notice, including a brief statement of the factual basis of the charges; the university policies or campus regulations allegedly violated; and the time and place of the hearing, within a reasonable time before the hearing;

b. the opportunity for a prompt and fair hearing where the university shall bear the burden of proof, and at which the student shall have the opportunity to present documents and witnesses and to confront and cross-examine witnesses presented by the university—no inference shall be drawn from the silence of the accused;

c. a record of the hearing; an expeditious written decision based upon the preponderance of evidence, that shall be accompanied by a written summary of the findings of fact; and

d. an appeals process.

104.10 In accordance with campus regulations on student disciplinary procedures, chancellors may impose discipline for violation of university policies or campus regulations whether or not such violations are also violations of law, and whether or not proceedings are or have been pending in the courts involving the same acts.

104.20 Each chancellor may appoint faculty, student, or other advisory committees, or hearing officers, as specified in campus regulations, but the final authority for administration of student discipline rests with the chancellor.

104.30 A student, as defined in Section 14.50 of these Policies, enrolled at one campus of the university, who is accused of violation of university policies or campus regulations on another campus of the university or at an official function of that campus, shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures of either the former or the latter campus as an outcome of conferral between designees of both campuses. The imposition of any recommendations for disciplinary sanctions arising from these procedures must be reviewed and approved by both campuses before the sanctions are imposed.

104.31 If an alleged violation of university policies occurs in connection with an official university-wide function not on a campus, the student accused of the violation shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures of the campus at which the individual is a student, except in those cases in which the president directs otherwise.

104.40 The loss of university employment shall not be a form of discipline under these Policies. However, when student status is a condition of the employment, the loss of student status will result in termination of the student's employment. This section is not intended to preclude the disclosure to other appropriate university officials of information relating to any student's judicial records if that information may be reasonably construed to have bearing on the student's suitability for a specific employment situation. This section is also not intended to preclude an employer from terminating a student's employment outside the disciplinary process.

104.50 In imposing discipline other than Suspension or Dismissal, access to housing and health services shall not be restricted unless the act that occasioned the discipline is appropriately related to the restriction of these services.

104.60 If as a result of an administrative appeal of disciplinary sanctions, it is determined that the student was improperly disciplined, the chancellor shall, if requested by the student, have the record of the hearing sealed, and have any reference to the disciplinary process removed from the student's record. In such case, the record of the hearing may be used only in connection with legal proceedings. The chancellor also may take other reasonable actions to ensure that the status of the student's relationship to the university shall not be adversely affected.

104.70 The results of any disciplinary action by the university that alleged a forcible or non-forcible sex offense, as defined in Title 34 of the federal Code of Regulations, Section 668.46(c)(7), must be disclosed to both the alleged offender and the alleged victim. The scope of information to be provided under this section shall be: (1) the university's final determination with respect to the alleged sex offense; and (2) any sanction that is imposed against the alleged offender.

104.71 It is the alleged victim's obligation to keep the results of the disciplinary action or appeal confidential, consistent with university policy and campus regulations. The alleged victim's failure to keep this confidentiality may be determined by the campus to be grounds for discipline as specified in Section 102.00 of these Policies. (See also Section 130.722 of the UC Policies)

104.81 No Contact Directives are not considered a sanction, but rather a lawful directive when issued by a university official. Such directives may be issued to students verbally or in writing by a university official, acting in the performance of their official duties. A no contact directive is appropriate when there is reason to believe that future contact will result in disruption, harassment, intimidation or threatening conduct, or physical abuse. No Contact directives include any and all means of contact or communication within a specified distance and may include an individual’s residence, automobile, or other property. Any student, faculty or staff member or other person with a reasonable justification may request a no contact directive.

When a student is found in violation of university policies or campus regulations, any of the following types of student disciplinary action may be imposed. Any sanction imposed should be appropriate to the violation, taking into consideration the context and seriousness of the violation.

105.01 Warning: Written notice or reprimand to the student that a violation of specified university policies or campus regulations has occurred and that continued or repeated violations of university policies or campus regulations may be cause for further disciplinary action, normally in the form of Disciplinary Probation, Loss of Privileges and Exclusion from Activities, Suspension, or Dismissal.

105.02 Censure: [Rescinded by UC Policies May 17, 2002]

105.03 Disciplinary Probation: A status imposed for a specific period of time during which a student must demonstrate conduct that conforms to university standards of conduct. Conditions restricting the student's privileges or eligibility for activities may be imposed. Misconduct during the probationary period or violation of any conditions of the probation may result in further disciplinary action, normally in the form of Suspension or Dismissal.

105.04 Loss of Privileges and Exclusion from Activities: Exclusion from participation in designated privileges and activities for a specified period of time. Violation of any conditions in a written Notice of Loss of Privileges and Exclusion from Activities, or violation of university policies or campus regulations during the period of the sanction may be cause for further disciplinary action, normally in the form of Probation, Suspension or Dismissal.

105.05 Suspension: Termination of student status at the campus for a specified period of time with reinstatement thereafter certain, provided that the student has complied with all conditions imposed as part of the Suspension and provided that the student is otherwise qualified for reinstatement. Violation of the conditions of Suspension or of university policies or campus regulations during the period of Suspension may be cause for further disciplinary action, normally in the form of Dismissal. When, as a result of violations of the student conduct code, a student is suspended, the fact that the discipline was imposed must be posted on the academic transcript for the duration of the Suspension (See Section 106.00). Suspension may be imposed only with the written affirmation of the vice chancellor, Student Affairs.

105.06 Dismissal: Termination of student status for an indefinite period. Readmission to the university shall require the specific approval of the chancellor of the campus to which a dismissed student has applied. Readmission after Dismissal may be granted only under exceptional circumstances. When, as a result of violations of the student conduct code, a student is dismissed, the fact that the discipline was imposed must be posted on the academic transcript for the duration of the Dismissal (See Section 106.00). Dismissal may be imposed only with the written affirmation of the vice chancellor, Student Affairs.

105.07 Exclusion from Areas of the Campus or from Official university functions: Exclusion of a student as part of a disciplinary sanction from specified areas of the campus or other university-owned, -operated, or -leased facilities, or other facilities located on university property, or from official university function, when there is reasonable cause for the university to believe that the student's presence there will lead to physical abuse, threats of violence, or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person on university property or at official university functions, or other disruptive activity incompatible with the orderly operation of the campus.

105.08 Interim Suspension: Exclusion from classes, or from other specified activities or areas of the campus, as set forth in the Notice of Interim Suspension, before final determination of an alleged violation. A student shall be restricted only to the minimum extent necessary when there is reasonable cause to believe that the student's participation in university activities or presence at specified areas of the campus will lead to physical abuse, threats of violence, or conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person on university property or at official university functions, or other disruptive activity incompatible with the orderly operation of the campus. A student placed on Interim Suspension shall be given prompt notice of the charges, the duration of the Interim Suspension, and the opportunity for a prompt hearing on the Interim Suspension. Interim suspension shall be reviewed by the chancellor within twenty-four hours of affirmation by the vice chancellor, Student Affairs. If a student is found to have been unjustifiably placed on Interim Suspension, the university is committed to a policy whereby reasonable efforts are taken to assist an individual who has been disadvantaged in an employment or academic status.

105.09 Restitution: A requirement for restitution in the form of reimbursement may be imposed for expenses incurred by the university or other parties resulting from a violation of these policies. Such reimbursement may take the form of monetary payment or appropriate service to repair or otherwise compensate for damages. Restitution may be imposed on any student who alone, or through group or concerted activities, participates in causing the damages or costs.

105.10 Other: Other disciplinary actions, such as monetary fines, community service, enrolling in classes/workshops, receiving counseling, writing apologies, etc, or holds on request for transcripts, diplomas, or other student records to be sent to third parties, as set forth in campus regulations. In addition to the sanctions noted in this section, other sanctions may be imposed when, in the opinion of the responsible official, the best interests of the university would be served.

105.13 Revocation of Awarding of Degree: Subject to the concurrence of the Academic Senate, revocation of a degree obtained by fraud. Such revocation is subject to review on appeal by the chancellor.