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Responsibilities of the Student
A t t e n d a n c e
Students are expected to attend all on-site or online classes and
any related activities regularly and punctually. Attendance in
itself is not a requirement for successfully completing a course.
Students who are absent from class retain responsibility for
completing any missed coursework, as indicated in the course
outline. Students are also responsible for obtaining information
about each class session, including any announcements and
assignments they missed. Failure of the student to complete
any required coursework as scheduled may adversely affect the
grade earned. Faculty are not expected to repeat material that a
student missed because of absence.
Students who are not officially registered for classes are not permitted
to sit in on classes.
Academic Integrity
Integrity in teaching and learning is a fundamental principle of
a unive r s i t y. UMUC believes that all members of the unive r s i t y
community share the responsibility for academic integrity, as
e x p ressed in the Un i versity System of Ma ryland policy “Fa c u l t y,
Student, and Institutional Rights and Responsibilities for Ac a -
demic In t e g r i t y.” At UMUC, faculty members are expected to
establish classroom environments conducive to the maintenance
of academic integrity by giving students a complete syllabus
describing the course and its re q u i rements, 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. The Un i versity System policy is
found at www.usmd.edu/leadership/BoardOf Regents/By l a w s .
Academic dishonesty is the failure to maintain academic integrity.
Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating; fabrication;
bribery offered for grades, transcripts, or diplomas; obtaining
or giving aid on an examination; having unauthorized prior
k n owledge of an examination; doing work for another student;
p resenting another student’s work as one’s own; and plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s idea or product
as one’s own. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to the following:
copying verbatim all or part of another’s written work;
using phrases, charts, figures, illustrations, or mathematical or
scientific solutions without citing the source; paraphrasing ideas,
conclusions, or research without citing the source; or 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 these sources in references.
Additional information on UMUC’s policy on Academic
Dishonesty and Plagiarism may be viewed at w w w. u m u c . e d u / p o l i c y.
E x a m i n a t i o n s
The student is responsible for obtaining information about
quizzes and examination schedules and policies.
Make-up examinations and tests may be given to students
who for valid reasons are unable to take exams at the scheduled
time. Teachers are not required to offer make-up examinations
because of a student’s absence unless the student can present
evidence that it was caused by unavoidable circumstances or
occurred on a religious holiday.* In such cases, an examination
may be rescheduled for the mutual convenience of student and
teacher and must cover only the material for which the student
was originally responsible. Such a rescheduling must not cause a
conflict with the student’s other classes.
Course Load
Students are advised to limit their course loads to conform with
the demands of their employment and the time they have to
prepare for class. A normal load for full-time students, or for
those employed no more than 20 hours a week, is 9 semester
hours of credit per term. Fully employed students are limited to
a maximum of 6 semester hours in the fall and spring semesters;
during the summer term, students make take only 3 semester
hours if attending on-site, but may take 6 semester hours of
online coursework.
* The UMUC policy on religious holidays is stated in the chapter on
University Policies.
w w w. u m u c . e d u / g r a d
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