Academic Year

Academic Year : Trimester System

Green University follows the trimester system and in that system an academic year will be of 3 (three) trimesters. The schedule of an academic year will be as follows:

One academic year consists of three 16-week semesters including the registration and midterm/final examination periods. The University can extend or shorten the length of semesters if necessary.

Curriculum

In the 21st century, the Green University continues to be committed to producing Students with a broad outlook on education, life and culture, a rich humanity, and a deep knowledge of their major fields, our students will continue to be leaders in the fields of university education and lifelong education. For these reason, the curricula of undergraduate and graduate programs are developed through a process involving several academic and administrative bodies, and are finally approved by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. Any change in the curriculum of a program is subject to the approval of the Academic Council/UGC.

New Student Orientation

New Student Orientation introduces you to academic, administrative and student life at Green University of Bangladesh. All incoming students are required to take the "Orientation" program in their first semester. This program is designed to adapt students to the university's academic, administrative and campus environment. Students learn the responsibilities of studying at the green university and get information on the facilities, services, rules & regulations and faculty expectations available to them and are introduced to their new surroundings. New students also have an opportunity to see presenters, who are faculty members, administrators and senior students; each hoping to help new students feel comfortable and welcome at Green University. Students are advised to discuss any matter for clarification with their enrolment advisors. All students are encouraged to thoroughly read this information kit prior to beginning classes at the university All new students must register for an orientation program.

Academic Integrity/ Honesty

Any behavior intended to promote or enhance a student's academic standing within the University by dishonest means constitutes an act of academic dishonesty. Should incidents of suspected classroom cheating or plagiarism occur, however, the following steps will be taken. Any student judged to have engaged in cheating might receive a reduced grade for the work in question, a failing grade in the course, or such other lesser penalty, as the instructor deems appropriate. For Serious instances the instructor who has witnessed academic dishonesty or who has other evidence that academic dishonesty has occurred will confront the student to inform him/her of the allegation. Time permitting; the instructor will contact the Disciplinary Committee prior to talking with the student. If the student admits the violation, the instructor will assess an appropriate academic penalty and will inform the Disciplinary Committee in the Office of the Vice Chancellor. The following examples represent some basic types of behavior that are unacceptable:

1. Plagiarism

1.  Submitting as one’s own work, part or all of an oral or written assignment which is copied, paraphrased or purchased from another source, including world wide web and other online sources, without proper acknowledgement of that source. In written assignments, using three or more words in succession from a source without quotation marks and proper acknowledgement can be considered plagiarism.

2.   Submitting as one’s own course work which has been prepared or extensively revised by someone else

2. Accomplice in Plagiarism

1. Allowing one’s work to be copied

2. Doing work for another student

3. Maintaining a file of papers with the intent that others may review them or use them for submission

4. Offering aid that differs from or exceeds that which is expressly approved by the instructor for any exam or course activity

5. Disseminating confidential information

3. Cheating

Using unauthorized notes, study aids, or information on an examination; altering a graded work after it has been returned, then submitting the work for regarding; allowing another person to do one's work and submitting that work under one's own name; submitting identical or similar papers for credit in more than one course without prior permission from the course instructors.

4. Fabrication and Falsification

Falsifying or inventing any information, data or citation; presenting data that were not gathered in accordance with standard guidelines defining the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data and failing to include an accurate account of the method by which the data were gathered or collected.

5. Obtaining an Unfair Advantage:

(a) Stealing, reproducing, circulating or otherwise gaining access to examination materials prior to the time authorized by the instructor;

(b) Stealing, destroying, defacing or concealing library materials with the purpose of depriving others of their use;

(c) Unauthorized collaborating on an academic assignment

(d) Retaining, possessing, using or circulating previously given examination materials, where those materials clearly indicate that they are to be returned to the instructor at the conclusion of the examination;

(e) Intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student's academic work, or

(f) Otherwise undertaking activity with the purpose of creating or obtaining an unfair academic advantage over other students' academic work.

6. Aiding and Abetting Academic Dishonesty:

(a)  Providing material, information, or other assistance to another person with knowledge that such aid could be used in any of the violations stated above, or

(b)  Providing false information in connection with any inquiry regarding academic integrity.

7. Falsification of Records and Official Documents

Altering documents affecting academic records; forging signatures of authorization or falsifying information on an official academic document, grade report, letter of permission, petition, drop/add form, ID card, or any other official University document.

8. Unauthorized Access

to computerized academic or administrative records or systems: viewing or altering computer records, modifying computer programs or systems, releasing or dispensing information gained via unauthorized access, or interfering with the use or availability of computer systems or information.

9. Sabotage

Sabotage is when a student prevents others from completing their work. This includes cutting pages out of library books or willfully disrupting the experiments of others. Sabotage is usually only found in highly competitive, cutthroat environments, such as at extremely elite schools where class rankings are highly prized.

10 Principles of Academic Integrity

1. Affirm the importance of academic integrity by affirming certain core values such as honesty, truth and fairness.

2. Foster a love of learning by giving students challenging, useful and fair work.

3. Treat students as ends in themselves deserving individual attention and consideration.

4. Promote an environment of trust in the classroom by avoiding arbitrary rules and trivial

    assignments.

5. Encourage student responsibility for academic integrity by encouraging reporting abuses.

6. Clarify expectations for students regarding honesty in academic work.

7. Develop fair and relevant forms of assessment.

8. Reduce opportunities to engage in academic dishonesty by setting clear policies and  realistic standards  for collaboration, improper classroom management or poor examination security.

9. Challenge occurrences of academic dishonesty by not ignoring academic dishonesty when it takes place.

10. Assist in defining and supporting campus wide academic integrity standards as opposed to maintaining artificial divisions between departments and schools.

Academic Advisor

All students entering GUB as freshmen are assigned to an academic advisor who will be responsible for guiding and helping them on various academic matters including selection of courses, choice of major subjects, career planning and so on throughout the study at GUB. Students will choose the major of their study in consultation with their advisor.