Exceptions will be made only in the event of faculty absences and must be approved by the Department Head. Evaluation of degree examinations must be communicated to the student in writing by the Committee Chair with a copy to the Director of Graduate Studies to be placed in the student's permanent file. In the case of a failed examination the Committee Chair must indicate the Committee vote and specify the reasons for the decision. The University has adopted a code of academic integrity and expects all students to assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of their academic work. Graduate students who find themselves involved in suspected violations of academic integrity, either as teaching assistants or students, are advised to consult the Code of Academic Integrity available from the Dean of Students.
Graduate training entails a substantial amount of original and independent research and writing.
The most obvious and familiar form of plagiarism is copying another writer's exact words without setting them off in a block or quotation marks and acknowledging the source. It is also plagiarism to paraphrase or edit another's words without proper acknowledgment. Yet another form of plagiarism entails the use of another's ideas or structure of argument even if expressed in entirely original language. This type of plagiarism is often the most troublesome because it can be difficult to delineate. In this case, however, credit need not be given because plagiarism is so commonly developed in this way that it can be considered public knowledge.