Student Code of Conduct

You are responsible for becoming familiar with the CIA’s policies and regulations governing student life. The Student Code of Conduct promotes the necessary order of safety, and security of the CIA community and safeguards the individual and collective rights of everyone on campus. Actions by individuals or groups that interfere with the orderly functions of the college or actions that endanger any member of the community will not be tolerated. You have the right to conduct your personal life and behavior as you wish, as long as you don't interfere with the rights of others or with the educational process. Your Student Handbook provides a detailed description of the Student Code of Conduct.

Student Responsibility

The Culinary Institute of America provides a realistic learning environment for each of its students. As a CIA student you'll be required to participate in a variety of "hands-on" experiences on or off campus, consistent with training in the culinary arts, and to assume the risks and responsibilities inherent in the educational process.

Observation and application experiences may at times involve dangers and hazards to which professionals in the foodservice field are exposed, along with the normal risks of functioning in American society. Although the CIA can assume no responsibility for any of these risks, we do attempt to provide a safe environment and to instruct you in safe practices and procedures. However, none of us are immune to injury in the course of our daily lives, work, and field of study, so you should conduct yourself with due and reasonable care in your actions.

If a particular educational experience is either a course or degree requirement or a voluntary extracurricular activity, you must decide whether or not to participate and expose your self to its possible hazards. If you choose not to participate in a required activity, however, you may fail to satisfy the course or degree requirements. You may wish to discuss the risks noted above with the faculty or staff supervisor of the activity in which you're participating.