Student Honor and Conduct
At BYU-Pathway Worldwide, we view standards of honor as an expression of discipleship and covenant belonging. The CES Honor Code reflects the teachings of Jesus Christ and provides a foundation of integrity, respect, and opportunity for every learner. Students are encouraged to become familiar with the Honor Code early in their program and to live it as a guide for personal growth and commitment to Christlike living.
Students enrolled in an online degree program through BYU-Pathway Worldwide must follow the CES Honor Code and complete an annual ecclesiastical endorsement with a local leader or chaplain. While students are not required to follow the Honor Code during PathwayConnect, they are encouraged to become familiar with it early on. The Honor Code includes these principles:
- Maintain an ecclesiastical endorsement, including striving to deepen faith and maintain gospel standards.
- Be honest.
- Live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from sexual relations outside marriage between a man and a woman. Living a chaste and virtuous life also includes abstaining from same-sex romantic behavior.
- Abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, vaping, marijuana, and other substance abuse.
- Participate regularly in Church services.
- Respect others, including the avoidance of profane and vulgar language.
- Avoid clothing that is revealing, as well as extremes in clothing, appearance, and hairstyle. In dress, grooming, and manners, we should always be neat and clean, never sloppy.
- Encourage others in their commitment to comply with the Honor Code and dress and grooming standards.
If you have questions about the Honor Code, talk with your mentor or please contact the Dean of Students Office.
Academic Honesty
BYU-Pathway students should maintain academic honesty. This means avoiding plagiarism, falsification/fabrication, cheating, uploading, sharing, or seeking course content online or in person, misuse of generative or artificial intelligence, and other academic misconduct.
To learn more about academic honesty, view these resources:
If you have questions or concerns about this topic please contact the Dean of Students Office.
Disruptive Behavior
General
Students who violate BYU-Pathway policies or procedures, in public or online, may be required to leave the program when their misconduct impacts the Institution’s ability to perform its mission or disrupts the educational process and environment.
Disruptive Behavior
Disruptive behavior may include but is not limited to abuse of administrative processes, intimidation, threats, harassment, or other inappropriate behavior. Disruptive behavior may involve verbal or written statements, gestures, or expressions that communicate direct or indirect threats of emotional, sexual, or physical harm.
Disruptive behavior may include conduct that challenges or expresses differences of opinion in a disrespectful, belligerent, or uncooperative manner.
Harassment, Hazing, Intimidation, or Aggressive Behavior
Harassment is any unwanted behavior, physical or verbal (or even suggested), that makes a reasonable person feel uncomfortable, humiliated, or mentally distressed. All forms of harassment (verbal, physical, mental, or sexual), hazing, intimidation, exploitation, or aggressive behavior that threatens or endangers the physical or emotional health and safety of others are prohibited.
Participants behaving in such a way may be subject to BYU-Pathway disciplinary action including suspension and/or dismissal as well as referral to law enforcement.
If you have questions or concerns about this topic please contact the Dean of Students Office.