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Faculty Checklist of Recommended Practices:

Put a statement of the application of the Honor Code on your syllabus.
- Sample syllabus statements:
  - “Vanderbilt’s Honor Code governs all work in this course (e.g., tests, papers, and homework assignments).”
  - “All academic work at Vanderbilt is done under the Honor System.”
- Also provide helpful details for your course:
  - Detail permissible and impermissible behaviors:
    - Students may collaborate on homework, but not . . .
    - Rough drafts must include proper citations . . .
    - You are permitted and encouraged to discuss the answers to the suggested problems with other students, TAs, and faculty . . .
    - Set your own expectations for academic propriety.
Introduce your policy – particularly for grey areas, such as group work – on the first day of class.
Remind students of your policy in week two of the course and around midterms.
Build parameters and expectations into assignments for graded work.
Require that students sign the Honor Pledge on all graded work (“I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment.”).
Maintain an open door policy and encourage students to ask questions about expectations for assignments, citation preferences, and group work.

Jeremy Bourgoin, Director, Office of Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity
G.L. Black, Vice Provost and Dean of Students
Undergraduate Honor Council student members and faculty advisers
Your department chair or director of undergraduate (or graduate) studies
Your school’s Associate Dean