As members of the Rutgers community, all students are expected to know and understand the University Code of Student Conduct. The code outlines behaviors and actions for which students, if found responsible, can be suspended or expelled from the university as well as those violations for which students can be sanctioned but may not be separated from the university.

The Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has established a list of offenses that may result in separation from the university. These offenses are handled through the University Code of Student Conduct. (See the University Policies and Procedures section of the General Information chapter in this catalog.) In addition, each school has a hearing procedure for use in instances in which charges against a student are not of sufficient gravity to lead to separation from the university. The hearing procedure for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences is published on the school's webpages (www.sebs.rutgers.edu). Lists of separation and nonseparation offenses and details on the hearing procedures also are available in the school's Office of Academic Programs and Research.