Summa Cum Laude in a Field............................................................................................................................. 34
Magna Cum Laude in a Field .............................................................................................................................. 34
Cum Laude in a Field .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Cum Laude for the Overall Record ..................................................................................................................... 34
Academic Performance ........................................................................................................................... 35
Minimum Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 35
Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory Academic Records ............................................................................... 35
Exclusion from a Course ......................................................................................................................... 36
Academic Integrity, Academic Dishonesty, and the Harvard College Honor Code ................................ 36
First-Year Students ............................................................................................................................................. 36
All Students ......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Plagiarism and Collaboration .............................................................................................................................. 37
Submission of the Same Work to More Than One Course ................................................................................. 37
Tutoring Schools and Term Paper Companies ................................................................................................... 38
Official Forms and Petitions ................................................................................................................................ 38
Attendance ............................................................................................................................................... 38
Restricted Attendance ......................................................................................................................................... 39
Absence from Classes ............................................................................................................................. 39
Hour and Midterm Examinations ............................................................................................................. 39
Reading Period ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Final Examination Period .................................................................................................................................... 40
Examination Rules .............................................................................................................................................. 41
Late Arrival to Examination ................................................................................................................................. 41
Illnesses During the Examination ........................................................................................................................ 41
Absence from Examinations ............................................................................................................................... 41
Absences for Religious Reasons ........................................................................................................................ 42
Makeups for Examinations: Excused Absences ................................................................................................. 42
Examinations in Absentia .................................................................................................................................... 43
Extension of Time for Written or Laboratory Work .................................................................................. 43
Leaves of Absence .................................................................................................................................. 44
Voluntary Leaves of Absence (Granted by Petition) ........................................................................................... 44
Involuntary Leaves of Absence ........................................................................................................................... 44
While on Leave of Absence ..................................................................................................................... 46
Use of College Services and Facilities ................................................................................................................ 47
Course Work Done Out of Residence ................................................................................................................. 47
Returning to College ........................................................................................................................................... 47
