Honor Code

The Honor Code

The students of Loyola University Maryland are citizens of an academic community that will conduct itself according to an academic code of honor, following the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis and in keeping with the school motto,  “Strong Truths Well Lived.” 

Mission and Pledge

The Honor Code states that all students of the Loyola community have been equally entrusted by their peers to conduct themselves honestly on all academic assignments. Our goal is to foster a trusting atmosphere that is ideal for learning. In order to achieve this goal, every student must be actively committed to this pursuit and its responsibilities and is therefore called to be active in the governing of the community’s standards. Thus, all students have the right, as well as the duty, to expect honest work from their colleagues. From this, we students will benefit and learn from the caring relationships that our community trustfully embodies. 

The students of this University understand that accepting collective and individual responsibility for the ethical welfare of their peers exemplifies a commitment to the community. Students who submit materials that are the products of their own mind demonstrate respect for themselves and the community in which they study. These students possess a strong sense of honor, reverence for truth, and a commitment to Jesuit education. Accordingly, students found violating the Honor Code will be held accountable in the belief that they will, with the support of their peers, learn from the mistake. 
 
This Code not only requires students to understand the ideals of truth and personal care as the two strongest educational factors expressed in cura personalis, but also calls them to demonstrate a general concern for the welfare of their colleagues and for the University. 

The pledge adopted by the University reads as follows: 
“I understand and will uphold the ideals for academic honesty as stated in the Honor Code.” 
 
All registered students of Loyola University Maryland are automatically bound by the Honor Code. As a basic reminder and reinforcement of this Code’s ideals, faculty members are asked to make use of the pledge on all scheduled tests, papers, and the course syllabus.