1a. IntroSUS 2003 - University of Maryland University College

Internet AccessUMUC is committed to ensuring that students acquire the levelof fluency in information technology they need to participateactively in contemporary society and have access to up-to-dateresources. All UMUC students must be prepared to participatein asynchronous, computer-based class discussions, study groups,online database searches, course evaluations, and other onlineactivities whether their course is held online or in a classroom.All UMUC students must therefore ensure that they have accessto the Internet and have a current e-mail address. If the studentdoes not have Internet access through a home computer, he orshe may use one at a UMUC computer lab, a university or publiclibrary, or another source. However, that source should beregularly available.ExaminationsThe student is responsible for obtaining information aboutquizzes and examination schedules and policies. Final examinationsare usually given during the last scheduled class meeting.Make-up examinations and tests may be given to students whofor valid reasons are unable to take exams at the scheduled time.Teachers are not required to offer make-up examinations becauseof a student’s absence unless the student can present evidence thatit was caused by unavoidable circumstances or occurred on a religiousholiday.* In such cases, an examination may be rescheduledfor the mutual convenience of student and teacher and must coveronly the material for which the student was originally responsible.Such a rescheduling must not cause a conflict with the student’sother classes. The Testing Center schedules make-up exam sessionsfor students whose teachers cannot schedule a special make-up session.There is a fee for this service.Course LoadsNo student may register for courses whose scheduled meetingtimes overlap to any extent. Decisions on the number of coursesa student can successfully complete in any one semester are normallyleft to the student’s discretion. It should be noted, however,that the majority of UMUC students register for between 3 and9 semester hours, and students are strongly advised not to exceedthis limit. Students should carefully and realistically assess othercommitments before registering for more than 9 semester hours.In no case may a student register for more than 18 semester hoursin a 15-week period without written permission from an advisor.Permission to register for more than 18 semester hours is based ondemonstrated academic excellence at UMUC. A minimum GPAof 3.5 and an enrollment history indicating success in carrying aheavier-than-average course load at UMUC are required.Academic IntegrityIntegrity in teaching and learning is a fundamental principle of auniversity. UMUC believes that all members of the university communityshare the responsibility for academic integrity, as expressedin the University System of Maryland policy “Faculty, Student, andInstitutional Rights and Responsibilities for Academic Integrity.”Details are available from the Office of the Dean, School of UndergraduateStudies.At UMUC, faculty members are expected to establish classroomenvironments conducive to the maintenance of academic integrityby promptly giving students a complete syllabus describing thecourse and its requirements, grading submitted work promptly andadequately, and arranging appropriate testing conditions, includinghaving faculty members monitor examinations given in class.Students at UMUC are expected to conduct themselves in a mannerthat will contribute to the maintenance of academic integrity.Failure to maintain academic integrity (academic dishonesty) mayresult in disciplinary action.Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to obtaining or givingaid on an examination, having unauthorized prior knowledge ofan examination, doing work for another student, and plagiarism.Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s idea or productas one’s own. Plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) copyingverbatim all or part of another person’s work; using phrases,charts, figures, illustrations, computer programs, or mathematicalor scientific solutions without citing the source; paraphrasingideas, conclusions, or research without citing the source; andusing all or part of a literary plot, poem, film, musical score, orother artistic product without attributing the work to its creator.Students can avoid unintentional plagiarism by carefully followingaccepted scholarly practices. Notes taken for papers and researchprojects should accurately record sources of material to be cited,quoted, paraphrased, or summarized, and papers should acknowledgethose sources in footnotes.UMUC’s policy on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism can befound at www.umuc.edu/policy or is available from the Office ofthe Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies.Appealing a GradeProcedures for appealing a grade are available from the Officeof the Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies, or online atwww.umuc.edu/policy.There is a time limit for appealing a grade. Therefore, studentswho want to appeal a grade must initiate the process within30 days of the posting of the grade.* The UMUC policy on religious holidays is stated in the appendices.236