Studying abroad at Global Academic Centers is an academically intensive and immersive experience, in which students from a wide range of backgrounds exchange ideas in discussion-based seminars. Learning in such an environment depends on the active participation of all students. And since classes typically meet once or twice a week, even a single absence can cause a student to miss a significant portion of a course. To ensure the integrity of this academic experience, class attendance at the centers, or online through NYU Brightspace if the course is remote synchronous/blended, is expected promptly when class begins. Attendance will be checked at each class meeting. If you have scheduled a remote course immediately preceding/following an in-person class, you may want to write to nyu.paris.academics@nyu.edu to see if you can take your remote class at the Academic Center.

As soon as it becomes clear that you cannot attend a class, you must inform your professor and/or the Academic team by e-mail immediately (i.e., before the start of your class). Absences are only excused if they are due to illness, Moses Center accommodations, religious observance, or emergencies. Your professor or site staff may ask you to present a doctor's note or an exceptional permission from an NYU Staff member as proof. Emergencies or other exceptional circumstances that you wish to be treated confidentially must be presented to the staff. Doctor's notes must be submitted in person or by e-mail to the Academics team, who will inform your professors.

Unexcused absences may be penalized with a two percent deduction from the student’s final participation grade for every week's worth of classes missed, and may negatively affect your class participation grade. Accumulated absences in one course may lead to a Fail in that course. Being more than 15 minutes late counts as an unexcused absence. Furthermore, your professor is entitled to deduct points for frequently joining the class late.

Exams, tests, and quizzes, deadlines, and oral presentations that are missed due to illness always require a doctor's note as documentation. It is the student's responsibility to produce this doctor's note and submit it to the site staff; until this doctor's note is produced, the missed assessment is graded with an F, and no make-up assessment is scheduled.

Regardless of whether an absence is excused or not, it is the student's responsibility to catch up with the work that was missed.

Other guidelines specific to NYU Paris include:

• Attendance to class and all course-related events, even outside of regularly scheduled course times, is expected and mandatory. Some class outings/make-up classes take place on Fridays.  Please consult your class syllabi before making any travel plans.

• Non-university-related travel does not constitute an excused absence from class. DO NOT book travel until you have received and carefully studied the syllabus of each of your classes. And the calendar of the make-up days.

• Doctor’s notes are expected for all medical-related absences. 

• No tests, quizzes, or exams can be made up without a doctor’s note justifying your absence. Questions about academic policies should be directed to the Academic Affairs team, not your professor. 

Deceiving a faculty member or other individual who assesses student performance into believing that one’s mastery of a subject or discipline is greater than it is by a range of dishonest methods, including but not limited to:

• Bringing or accessing unauthorized materials during an examination (e.g., notes, books, or other information accessed via cell phones, computers, other technology, or any other means)

• Providing assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty (e.g., sharing copies of exams via cell phones, computers, other technology, or any other means, allowing others to copy answers on an exam)

• Submitting the same or substantially similar work in multiple courses, either in the same semester or in a different semester, without the express approval of all  instructors

• Submitting work (papers, homework assignments, computer programs, experimental results, artwork, etc.) that was created by another, substantially or in whole, as one's own

• Submitting answers on an exam that were obtained from the work of another source, or providing answers or assistance to others during an exam

• Submitting evaluations of group members’ work for an assigned group project that misrepresents the work that was performed by another group member

• Altering or forging academic documents, including but not limited to admissions materials, academic records, grade reports, add/drop forms, course registration forms, etc.

• The use of artificial intelligence tools to generate, complete, or assist with submissions is not permitted

At NYU, a commitment to excellence, fairness, honesty, and respect within and outside the classroom is essential to maintaining the integrity of our community. By accepting membership in this community, students take responsibility for demonstrating these values in their own conduct and for recognizing and supporting these values in others. In turn, these values will create a campus climate that encourages the free exchange of ideas, promotes scholarly excellence through active and creative thought, and allows community members to achieve and be recognized for achieving their highest potential. 

Students at NYU Paris are obligated to adhere to NYU’s academic integrity policy. Any forms of plagiarism or cheating will not be tolerated. If an instructor suspects you of violating the University’s academic integrity policy, they are required to report the incident to the Associate Director of Academic Affairs.  

All NYU Paris students must take a French language course credit for a grade. For any questions about your language course please see a member of academic affairs.

Plagiarism is a form of fraud. Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work as though it were one’s own. It involves presenting work without adequate acknowledgement of its source (e.g., another person, your own earlier work, an AI tool, etc.), as though it were one’s own current work. We all stand on the shoulders of others, and we must give credit to the creators of the works that we incorporate into products that we call our own.  Some examples of plagiarism:

• A sequence of words from another writer that you have not quoted and referenced in footnotes

• A paragraphed passage from another writer’s work that you have quoted without citing the source 

• Facts or ideas gathered and reported by someone else that you claim as your own 

• Another student’s work that you hand in with your name on it 

• A paper that is purchased or “researched” for money 

• A paper that is downloaded free of charge from the Internet

NYU takes plagiarism very seriously; penalties follow and may exceed those set out by your home school. Your lecturer may ask you to sign a declaration of authorship form, and may check your assignments by using TurnItIn or another software designed to detect offenses against academic integrity. 

The presentation of any improperly cited work other than your own, as though it is your own, including words, ideas, judgment, images, data, or AI-generated work (like ChatGPT or Gemini), whether intentionally or unintentionally, constitutes a breach of academic integrity. It is important that all work submitted for this course is your own. It is also an offense to submit your own work for assignments from two different courses that are substantially the same (be they oral presentations or written work). If there is overlap of the subject of your assignment with one that you produced for another course (either in the current or any previous semester), you must inform your professor.

For guidelines on academic honesty, clarification of the definition of plagiarism, examples of procedures and sanctions, and resources to support proper citation, please see:

NYU Academic Integrity Policies and Guidelines 

Transcripts will not be issued without authorization from the student. NYU students can request their transcript through the Albert student center. Visiting students must request their NYU transcript directly from the NYU Office of the Registrar (registrar@nyu.edu or 212.998.4800). Before requesting your transcript, make sure that all your grades have been posted on Albert. You can check your grade status by selecting Grades or Transcript-Unofficial from the Albert student center. 

An “incomplete” is a temporary grade that indicates that the student has, for good reason, not completed all of the course work. This grade is not awarded automatically nor is it guaranteed. 

Students request an Incomplete grade by submitting the Incomplete Grade Agreement Form available in Albert on the day after the session withdrawal deadline.

Incomplete requests may or may not be granted and are at the discretion of the instructor in consultation with site staff and the Office of Global Programs. More information (including the process) can be found on the University’s Incomplete Grade Policy website.