The faculty of the Master of Journalism Program believes that honesty and integrity are essential qualities of journalism and of an academic program that prepares mass communication professionals. Therefore students are expected to abide by and faculty are expected to enforce these guidelines and policies adapted from the regulations of Temple University. Essential to intellectual growth is the development of independent thought and a respect for the thoughts of others. Plagiarism, fabrication and other forms of academic cheating undercut such independence and respect, and are prohibited.
Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person s labor, ideas, words or assistance.
All work done for courses papers, examinations, exercises, oral reports is expected to reflect the individual effort of the student presenting the work. Any assistance must be reported to the instructor. If the work entails consulting other resources journals, books, other media these resources must be cited in a manner appropriate to the course. It is the instructor s responsibility to indicate the appropriate manner of citation. Everything used from other sources their ideas, their interpretations, or their language must be cited.