About the Honor Council

Aggie Honor System

Texas A&M University at Galveston

About the Honor Council

Responsibilities:

The Honor Council will provide due process to alleged violators, including:

Authority
Jurisdiction
Notice
Hearings
Appeal (other than separations from the University)

Students and faculty will serve on the Honor Council and will be actively involved in developing and enforcing standards pertaining to academic integrity. The duties of the Honor Council members include:

Attend scheduled meetings of the Honor Council.
Communicate and promote the Honor System to the Texas A&M University at Galveston community
Advise students and faculty who report violations of the Honor Code.
Serve as neutral investigators of alleged Honor Code violations.
Serve as panel members during hearings of alleged Honor Code violations.
Participate in training as designated by Assistant VP for Student Affairs and Auxiliary Services.

Membership:

The Honor Council will consist of two undergraduate students, one graduate student, and two faculty members from each degree-granting academic department. The Assistant Vice President for Academic Services and a representative from the Computing and Information Services department (Faculty Support) will serve as ex-officio members. Training for new members will take place each year.

All undergraduate student members are selected in by the Student Government Association. All graduate student members are selected in a process to be specified by the Graduate Student Council. All faculty members are selected by the department head of their respective department. Members may be removed from office for violations of System, University, Student, or Honor Council Rules.

Terms of the Honor Council:

Members’ terms are two years, except for the initial appointments. To provide continuity, one-half of the initial positions in each category (undergraduate, graduate, faculty) shall be for one year, as determined by a lottery. Terms begin at the end of the spring semester and end at the conclusion of the spring semester of the final year of the appointment. Members may serve two consecutive terms.

Replacement of faculty members who resign or are removed is made by the Academic Department for the remaining portion of the unexpired term. Replacement of student members who resign or are removed is made by the Student Government Association or Graduate Student Council.