Basic Rules of Conduct

AMDA students are expected to conduct themselves as responsible and mature members of both the AMDA community and the general community. It is expected that all students express themselves appropriately and professionally inside and out of the classroom. Behaviors that pose a perceived or potential threat to the health or safety of the AMDA community (or to any individual within the AMDA community) and behaviors that disrupt educational activities or artistic pursuits are subject to review and sanctions, including dismissal from school. AMDA reserves the right to modify or change the Code of Conduct at any time.

Cooperation with AMDA

Students are required to comply with and immediately respond to any requests made by AMDA. Such requests may include but are not limited to: showing proper identification, returning voicemail messages and email, allowing access to rooms in housing, housing assignment changes and evacuating the premises.

Laws and Statutes

Students are required to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and statutes. Alleged violations are subject to administrative investigation, review and action in addition to action by the proper authorities.

Responsibility to Report

Students are obligated to immediately report the following to the Student Affairs Department: awareness of the consumption, possession, distribution, sale or transfer of illegal substances on campus or in housing; information relating to a threat or perceived threat to a student’s health, safety or well-being, or that of any member of the AMDA community. 

Cooperation with Law Enforcement Agencies

AMDA’s internal disciplinary processes are in no way a substitution for criminal investigations, arrests, and any legal or judicial processes that may be initiated and executed by a city, county, state or federal authority. AMDA reserves the right to report to and cooperate with the proper authorities regarding alleged unlawful activities. Likewise, processes executed by outside agencies may run concurrently with (and do not supplant) internal AMDA proceedings.

Conduct Outside AMDA’s Campus

Conduct that occurs off-campus, online, over social media, or outside the context of an AMDA program or activity, should generally be subject only to the consequences of the applicable authority and/or public opinion.  Notwithstanding, AMDA may take student disciplinary action for conduct occurring outside of AMDA’s campus if a determination is made that the conduct substantially disrupts the regular operation of AMDA or threatens the health, safety, or security of any member of the AMDA community.  When conduct constitutes violations of both AMDA policy and public law, a student may be subject to both AMDA student conduct action as well as public sanctions.