BYU Honor Code

Participants are required to adhere to the BYU Honor Code. BYU is run by the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes referred to as the LDS or “Mormon” Church), and the honor code includes a few specific church standards. The full honor code for is found here: https://policy.byu.edu/view/church-educational-system-honor-code, but here are some important parts of it.

• Be honest
• Live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from any sexual relations outside a marriage between a man and a woman
• Abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, vaping, marijuana, and other substance abuse
• Follow other campus policies such as the dress and grooming standards (see https://honorcode.byu.edu/dress-and-grooming, e.g. no beards allowed for men) and student housing policy (see https://policy.byu.edu/view/student-housing-policy, e.g. opposite sex visitors in single student apartments are only permitted in common areas and not in bedrooms)
• (Only required of LDS church members) Attend church services