ACADEMIC INTEGRITY [BBA & MBA]

• Procedures And Disciplinary Actions For Plagiarism And Other Academic Offences
  The following are the academic offenses recognized by the SUC and could have been committed at any level of BBA program and for all academic activities including assessments, midterm and final examination.
  • Plagiarism
  • Paraphrasing materials or ideas of others without identifying the sources.
  • Using sources of information (published or unpublished) without identifying the source.
  • Directly quoting the words of others without using quotation marks or indented format to identify them.
  • Detection of such plagiarism based on plagiarism software is also included.
  • Presenting False Credentials
    Is an act of submitting misleading certificates / documents / information like presenting false medical excuses; change of identity; presenting falsified certificates.
  • Cheating
    
  • Using material not permitted by the faculty during exams, including stored information on electronic devices.
  • Copying answers from another student on exams or assignments.
  • Altering graded exams or assignments and submitting them for re-grading.
  • Submitting the same paper for two classes.
  • Altering exam answers and requesting that an exam be re-graded.
  • Cooperating with or helping another student.
  • Fabricating information such as data for a computer lab exam.
  • Other forms of dishonest behavior, such as having another person take an exam in your place.
  • Facilitating Academic Dishonesty
    
  • Allowing another student to copy an assignment or problem set that is supposed to be done individually.
  • Allowing another student to copy answers during an exam.
  • Taking an exam or completing an assignment for another student.
  • Collusion
    
  • Is an agreement between two or more persons when not allowed.
  • The work that has been done with others is submitted and passed off as solely the work of one person.
  • Working with others without permission from your faculty to produce work which is then presented as your own independent work.
  • Fabrication of Data
    
  • The falsification of data, information, or citations in any formal academic exercise.
  • This includes making up citations to back up arguments or inventing quotations. Fabrication predominates in the natural sciences, where students sometimes falsify data to make experiments "work". It includes data falsification, in which false claims are made about research performed, including selective submitting of results to exclude inconvenient data to generating bogus data.
  • Deception
    Providing false information to faculty concerning a formal academic exercise—e.g., giving a false excuse for missing a deadline or falsely claiming to have submitted work.
  • Sabotage
    Acting to prevent others from completing their work. This includes cutting pages out of library books or willfully disrupting the experiments of others.
    All the above defined academic offenses should be reported by the concerned faculty to the Dean. The Dean in consultation with Registrar & Head – Admin & Exam Department will decide on the action to be initiated against the student. The following is the normal flow of such a process.
• Inquiry Case Of Suspected Academic Offenses (As Defined Above)
  
• When a student is suspected of academic offenses, the Administration and Examination department arranges an investigatory interview by an investigating team appointed by Dean. The minutes are recorded by a member of the investigating team.
• The allegation is fully explained and the student is allowed to have his/her say to defend himself / herself and explain the situation.
• The investigating team will submit its recommendation along with the minutes of investigation interview to the office of Dean & REGISTRAR.
• The Dean in consultation with REGISTRAR & Head – Admin & Exam will advise appropriate action, based on recommendation of the investigating team. The decision of the Dean cannot be challenged or reviewed
• Unfair means students will not be included in the toppers or Founder President list.
• The Following Are The Courses Of Action That May Be Recommended Based On The Severity Of Offense:
  
• A strict warning to be issued to the student against committing academic offense in future and impose deduction of marks on the piece of assessment excluding midterm and final examination.
• Record a mark of zero for the piece of assessed work or examinations.
• Record a mark of zero for every assessment made within the course.
• Record a mark of zero for every assessment mode for all courses during the concerned academic year.
• Debar from the University for the concerned academic year. Allow no re assessment or Re-course and no refund of tuition fees.
• Debar from the University. Allow no re enrollment and no refund of tuition fees.

• Academic standing

• BBA
All students enrolled at SUC shall be monitored very carefully for the quality and quantity of satisfactory academic work completed during their study at SUC. A student will be evaluated at the end of every spring semester for the following:

• Qualitative Requirements (Quality Of Academic Work Completed)



S.No.	Credit Hours Attempted	Minimum CGPA
1	1-30	1.50
2	31-45	1.70
3	46-60	1.85
4	61 and above	2.00


Depending on the number of credit hours attempted, the student is expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average as per the above table
• Quantitative Requirements (Quantity Of Academic Work Completed)
Student must complete at least 67% of all hours attempted. Attempted hours are defined as any course that the student has enrolled for the semester. Successfully completed hours refer to the hours in which the student has received a letter grade of A, B, C, or D. For Capstone courses, a student needs to receive a minimum of "C" grade or above.

For calculating the completion rate of academic work, 'F' grade is calculated as not completed; however for the purpose of CGPA calculations, the F grade will be taken into account. 'W' grade will be treated as attempted but not completed, however, it is not counted for the purpose of CGPA calculations.
• Probation / Warning
Student is placed on probation at the end of Spring Semester if he/she does not meet the minimum requirements as per the information provided in A & B [above] sections; the student is expected to improve his academic performance during summer and fall semesters. In case the student does not improve, he is served with a final warning for the next semester to be considered as final probationary semester.
• Suspension
In case the student is unable to improve the performance in spite of the final warning on probation, he/she will be placed on academic suspension. [suspension-1 & suspension-2] suspension-1 means when student does not achieve during the suspension status will be automatically placed in suspension-1; even after being in suspension1 if the student does not improve the CGPA then he will be placed in suspension-2 in the next semester. Students on suspension status are required to file an appeal with the administration department for allowing them to continue their studies in the following semester. The Satisfactory Academic Progression (SAP) committee may allow the students to take the courses according to their academic profile with the following condition:

SUSPENSION 1

Case 1 Student is allowed to take 1 to 3 courses ['F' grade or new course], if his/her CGPA greater than 1.5.
Case 2 Student is allowed to take 1 to 3 courses ['F' grade or 'D' Grade only], if his/her CGPA between 1 & 1.5.
Case 3 Student is allowed to take 1 to 2 courses ['F' grade or 'D' Grade only], if his/her CGPA less than 1

SUSPENSION 2

Case 1 Student is allowed to take 1 to 2 courses ['F' grade or 'D' Grade only], students in suspension-2 must improve their performance to good standing otherwise again they will fall under suspension and will not be allowed to enroll in classes for a period of one semester. Such student needs to apply for provisional readmission after the semester. However the SAP committee reserves all the rights to take the decision.

Worked Out Example

The committee gives the student a chance to improve his CGPA by taking up one or two repeating courses and also decides the grades to be scored by the student.

Case 1 The student scores the above grades decided by the committee at the end of this semester if the student achieves a good standing at the end of this semester, he has to again appeal to the committee and the above process will continue till he achieves the good standing.

Case 2 The student does not score the above grades decided by the committee at the end of this semester the student will be suspended for one semester and they may be provisionally re-admitted to classes after one semester of suspension to improve their CGPA. The student may take the courses in which they have secured a 'D' or an 'F' grade.


• Good Standing
Students will be placed on good standing once he/she achieves the CGPA as per the above table by repeating the respective courses and will be stated as normal student only once he/she achieve the CGPA requirements as per the above table.

BBA
Under Contruction

Examination conduct

Assessment Procedures

• Mode of Assessment
A student's performance is assessed in each registered course out of 100 percent marks. Mode of assessment is decided by faculty and specified in the class schedule. It is communicated to students in the first day of the class. The marks awarded are then collated for 100% marks in a course. The pass mark for BBA in a course is 60% marks or grade D for CAPSTONE course 70% marks or grade C is required. The pass mark for MBA in a course is 70% marks or grade C for CAPSTONE course 80% marks or grade B is required. Students shall be required to submit themselves for formal examination at times specified by the faculty and / or Head - Admin & Exam department. Absence or non-submission of assessments shall result in failure unless valid acceptable reasons are made evident by the student with the help of documents within stipulated time. No mitigation is normally accepted for late assignment submission (Refer mitigating circumstances).
• Exam Schedule
• Semester-wise Mid-Term and Final Examinations schedules will be announced by the first week of the start of each semester.
• The schedules will be available on the Examination Notice Board as well as on the student portal.
• Assessment Reporting System
• Tutor based.
• Faculty will notify number and mode of continuous assessments and hand over the dates for the same prior to the start of a course to students and Examination Office in writing.
• Faculty members are required to specify the nature of midterm and final examination (including re-sit final examination) prior to the start of a course.
• Eligibility For Appearing In An Examination
The eligibility to appear for examinations is guided by the attendance policy, monitored by the administration department.
• Examination Arrangements
Examination arrangements will be done by the examination department, examination schedule will be released prior to the start of the class based on the student strength. Normally the conduct of exam will be as follows: 1915 hrs to 2015 hrs & 2045 hrs to 2145 hrs.
Following are the exams conduct in a semester:
• Mid-Term Exam[BBA Only]
• Final Exam [BBA and MBA]
• Resit Exam [BBA and MBA]
• Mid-Term Examination [BBA Only]
• Mid-Term examination will be based on syllabus-covered until the week prior to the conduct of the mid-term examination.
• These examinations will be conducted as per the pre-released schedules and the same will be conducted for duration of 1 hr.
• Any exception to this general rule will be notified to students.
• Normally 2 sets of proposed mid-term examination papers must be submitted by faculty. Question papers are randomly selected by the Examination Department.
• Preparation and Administration of Mid-Term Examination
• The examination office will make all arrangements for conduct of the examinations. The Dean and Head - Admin & Examination will select one or more mid-term exams at random per-class per-course and make arrangements to make required number of copies of the same. The name of the staff assigned to make copies and packing the papers will be recorded in a log book kept for this purpose. The copies will be handed over to the faculty in a sealed envelope on the day of the examination.
• The mid-term examination will be conducted during in 7th or 8th week of a 15 week semester and 6th or 7th week in a 13th week semester as decided by the examination department.
• When the mid-term examinations are conducted during a pre-designated mid-term week, the examination department will intimate the students a mid-term examination schedule which must be released at least four weeks prior to the conduct of such examinations. Notice detailing the mid-term examination dates and timings will be put up for student reference on the SUC notice board.

Note: All modes must be assessed out of 100 marks and pro-rated as per percentage weighted towards the final score.

Final Examination

• BBA
• Final examinations will be based on comprehensive syllabus.
• These examinations will be conducted as per the pre-released schedules and the same will be conducted for duration of 1 hr.
• Any exception to this general rule will be notified to students.
• Normally 2 sets of final examination papers by the based on the no. of questions provided by the Faculty as per pre designated weight set by a tutor for each chapter.
• MBA
• Final examinations will be based on comprehensive syllabus.
• These examinations will be conducted as per the pre-released schedules and the same will be conducted for duration of 2 hr.
• Any exception to this general rule will be notified to students.
• Normally 2 sets of final examination papers are randomly set by the Examination Department based on the data bank of questions provided by the Faculty as per pre designated weight set by a tutor for each chapter.

• Re-Sit Final Examinations
• BBA
• Re-Sit Final examinations will be based on comprehensive syllabus.
• Re-Sit final examinations will be normally held after 1 week of declaration of first-sit results. Regular classes will not be suspended for such examinations.
• Only students with grade D who will benefit with grade improvement or students with grade F who benefit from re-sit will be allowed to re-sit the final examinations, based on their performance in the continuous modes of assessments.
• These examinations will be conducted as per the pre-released schedule.
• MBA
• Re-Sit Final examinations will be based on comprehensive syllabus.
• Re-Sit final examinations will be normally held after 1 week of declaration of first-sit results. Regular classes will not be suspended for such examinations.
• Only students with grade 'C' OR 'D' who will benefit with grade improvement or students with grade F who benefit from re-sit will be allowed to re-sit the final examinations, based on their performance in the continuous modes of assessments.
• These examinations will be conducted as per the pre-released schedule.
• Preparation Of Final Examination/ Re-Sit Final Examination
• Normally end of semester.
• First sit examination schedules and re-sit examination schedules will be displayed on the notice board by the 4th week start of a semester.
• Re-sit examinations will normally be conducted after one weeks of declaration of first sit result.
• The Dean and Head - Admin & Examination will select at random one or more final examination paper/s per course. Required number of copies of the same are made 24 Hours prior to conduct of such examination. The name and staff assigned to make copies and pack the papers will be recorded in a log book kept for the purpose. The copies will be handed over to the respective invigilator on the day of the examination.
• Examinations packets will be made on the basis of data provided by Administration Department and will be segregated on the basis of class zone of conduct of examinations. Each sealed envelope will contain question papers and examination answer booklets, scantron sheets of students taking an examination in a class of zone of the SUC multipurpose hall.

Plan of Curriculum [Major wise]
TOC Policy

BBA
SUC accepts student's who are transferring from a federal or licensed institution in the UAE, or a foreign institution of higher learning based outside the UAE and accredited in its home country, are eligible for transfer admission; after fulfilling the following requirement / conditions:

• Documents Required:
• The official transcripts,
• Detailed syllabi(Credit Value, Level, detailed course content, learning outcomes/objective and indicative learning resources)
• An official letter from the previous institution
• All documents mentioned in the registration requirements
• Processing fee of as applicable must be submitted for evaluation. Transfer of credit is granted under the following conditions:
• Conditions Applicable:
• They must pass the English and Mathematics proficiency requirement.
• The course contents mentioned in the CDP of the previous institution should match a minimum of 75% of the SUC Syllabus of the corresponding course.
• The student must attend a minimum of 50% of the credit hours of their study plan at SUC in other words, only up to 50% of the courses can be transferred to the program.
• The credit hours completed must be equivalent or higher to the corresponding courses offered at SUC.
• Must have passed the course with a minimum of 'C' grade or equivalent.
• Maximum credits awarded for transfer admission will be limited specified courses at SUC. In case credits earned at the original institution are less than those at SUC, the lower credits will be awarded as transfer.
• No transfer can be awarded for Capstone and protected courses of SUC.
• Once TOC is granted and the Graduation plan is signed by the student, the student cannot challenge the TOC decision during the progression of course.
• A student is placed in the Senior Level status only after completing all the balance courses till the junior level.
• Incase student changes the major area of study the student will have to re-apply for TOC.
• Students of SUC may be permitted to pursue courses outside only in extreme circumstances with prior approval from Administration and Dean . Students pursuing their studies at SUC are generally not granted TOC for courses offered at SUC.
• Prohibit accepting credit twice for substantially the same course taken at two different institutions.
• The result of transferred courses will not be included while calculating the student's Grade Point Average (GPA).
• Non-refundable SUC TOC processing fees (as per applicable fee structure)
• Transfer admission students will not be included in the toppers list.
• TOC will be awarded to students of Higher College of Technology diploma holders on the following conditions. (This provision is made available as per the Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MOHESR) circular no.1 (amended) dated 11th March 2006).
• The 12th standard Certificate should not be less than 50%.
• His/her diploma should be accredited and attested by MOHESR or its equivalence certificate for those who graduate outside UAE.
• To check the validity of the certificate issued by HCT and make sure that it is authentic.
• CGPA should be 2.0 and above.
• The student should get "C" grade and above in the following subjects:
(a) English (b) Maths (c) Computer
• Any other conditions followed by the institutions. Once the acceptable transfer of credits are decided, the student is informed and can then proceed for registration. Appropriate fee reduction is given for the courses granted transfer of credit.
• Procedure For Finalizing Institutions For The Purpose Of Transfer Of Credits

Qualification

SUC will accept transfer of credits only from the Institutions under the following categories:
• Accredited by the MOHESR, UAE.
• Accredited by the Central or Regional accreditation bodies in the United States of America.
• Accredited by the UGC Grants Commission of India.
• Accredited by the HEC Grants Commission of Pakistan.
• Approved by the Quality Assurance Agency in Education, U.K.
• Accredited/recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education for all other countries from where the student is seeking admission

MBA

TRANSFER ADMISSION
SUC accepts student's who are transferring from a federal or licensed institution in the UAE, or a foreign institution of higher learning based outside the UAE and accredited in its home country, are eligible for transfer admission.

A maximum of 12 credit hours can be accepted as transfer into the BBA Program of SUC provided these credit hours are adequate to meet the requirements for Transfer of credits (TOC) procedures. All the courses in the curriculum are protected except the following courses that can be replaced by accepting TOC from any accredited MBA level program:

S.No.	Course Code	Course Name
1	CIS601	Corporate Information Strategy & Management
2	ACC601	Managerial Accounting
3	ECO601	Managerial Economics
4	MGM601	Human Resourse Management
5	MKT601	Marketing Management

Transfer admission students have to fulfill the following requirements /conditions:

• Documents Required:
• The official transcripts,
• Detailed syllabi(Credit Value, Level, detailed course content, learning outcomes/objective and indicative learning resources)
• An official letter from the previous institution
• All documents mentioned in the registration requirements
• Processing fee of as applicable must be submitted for evaluation. Transfer of credit is granted under the following conditions:
• They must pass the English proficiency requirement.
• The course contents mentioned in the CDP of the previous institution should match a minimum of 75% of the SUC Syllabus of the corresponding course.
• The student must attend a minimum of 50% of the credit hours of their study plan at SUC in other words, only up to 50% of the courses can be transferred to the program.
• The credit hours completed must be equivalent or higher to the corresponding courses offered at SUC.
• Must have passed the course with a minimum of 'B' grade or equivalent and overall CGPA of '3.0' on a scale of '4.0'.
• Maximum credits awarded for transfer admission will be limited specified courses at SUC. In case credits earned at the original institution are less than those at SUC, the lower credits will be awarded as transfer.
• Once TOC is granted and the Graduation plan is signed by the student, the student cannot challenge the TOC decision during the progression of course.
• A student is placed in the fourth semester status only after completing all the balance courses till the third semester.
• Students of SUC may be permitted to pursue courses outside only in extreme circumstances with prior approval from Administration and Dean . Students pursuing their studies at SUC are generally not granted TOC for courses offered at SUC.
• Prohibit accepting credit twice for substantially the same course taken at two different institutions.
• The result of transferred courses will not be included while calculating the student's Grade Point Average (GPA).
• Non-refundable SUC TOC processing fees (as per applicable fee structure)
• Procedure for Finalizing Institutions for the purpose of Transfer of Credits
Qualification SUC will accept transfer of credits only from the Institutions under the following categories:
• Accredited by the MOHESR, UAE.
• Accredited by the Central or Regional accreditation bodies in the United States of America.
• Accredited by the UGC Grants Commission of India.
• Accredited by the HEC Grants Commission of Pakistan.
• Approved by the Quality Assurance Agency in Education, U.K.
• Accredited/recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education for all other countries from where the student is seeking admission.

• Privacy policy
SUC accords all rights of privacy to its students. SUC will not disclose any information about the student's academic and non academic records without the consent of the student. The exceptions could be the following:
• Founder President, Dean & COEC.
• CAA & MOHSER Officials
• Another University / College where student might be interested in joining, on student's request.
• Person(s) or organization(s) providing financial support
• Accreditation Agencies
• Judicial Orders
• Academic Advisors/Mentors
Information regarding name, age, address, telephone number, date & place of birth, major field of study, degrees awarded, and participation in extra-curricular activities etc may be provided at the discretion of the SUC. A student may withhold the release of the above information through a written request to the administration. Updating Student Data Any change in the student's personal details should be updated by filling up by student data update form. This form is available in student portal upon student request the data is updated in the computer as well as student personal file. The students are solely responsible in providing the updated data. This data is mostly used for the communication between SUC and the students. Dependent & Non-Dependent students must submit the correct guardian details to the SUC.
• Safety & Security
It is imperative that the SUC provides a safe and conducive environment to everyone working and studying in it or visiting it, besides ensuring safety of its records, documents and moveable and immoveable property.

Protection Against Fire
In case of a fire, emergency, serviceable fire extinguishers have been positioned at accessible locations. The SUC is well equipped with the automated fire alarm system which is frequently monitored by the local fire department authorities.
• Security
Security in SUC looks after the SUC premises and ensures the safety of the faculty members, staff and student. The Security personnel report to the Head - Admin & Exam Department. The students are issued car stickers for the purpose of security and parking. Cars will be checked upon entering the main gate. Students are requested to have the stickers on the dashboard and follow security guards direction at all times within the campus boundary.