Details are available from the Office of the Dean, Undergraduate Programs. At UMUC, 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, by grading submitted work promptly and adequately, and by arranging appropriate testing conditions, including having faculty members monitor examinations given in class. Students at UMUC are expected to conduct themselves in a manner that will contribute to the maintenance of academic integrity. 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.
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 assignements described below are required to successfully complete this course. The proposed topic should be submitted by e-mail by the due date shown on the Course Schedule. You should view these responses in a professional manner, as you would if your boss placed the question in the form of a memo on your desk at work. reading Main Conference items that may be posted that are simply information topics. If you have a question about an information topic, please e-mail the instructor.