Policy Statements

Academic Intergrity

Integrity in teaching and learning is a fundamental principle of a university. UMUC Europe believes that all members of the university community share the responsibility for academic integrity.

At UMUC Europe, faculty members are expected to establish classroom environments conducive to the maintenance of academic integrity by promptly giving students a complete syllabus describing the course and its requirements, grading submitted work promptly and adequately, and arranging appropriate testing conditions, including having faculty members monitor examinations given in class.

Students at UMUC Europe are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that will contribute to the maintenance of academic integrity. Failure to maintain academic integrity (academic dishonesty) may result in disciplinary action.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, obtaining or giving aid on an examination, having unauthorized prior knowledge of an examination, doing work for another student, and plagiarism. Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s idea or product as one’s own. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, copying verbatim all or part of another person’s work; using phrases, charts, figures, illustrations, computer programs, or mathematical or scientific solutions without citing the source; paraphrasing ideas, conclusions, or research without citing the source; and using all or part of a literary plot, poem, film, musical score, or other artistic product without attributing the work to its creator. Students can avoid unintentional plagiarism by carefully following accepted scholarly practices. Notes taken for papers and research projects should accurately record sources of material to be cited, quoted, paraphrased, or summarized, and papers should acknowledge those sources in footnotes.

The policy on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism can be found in Appendix H of the 200-2009 UMUC Europe Undergraduate Catalog and is also available at www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml.