submits as his or her own. If the student has any uncertainty regarding plagiarism in the submission of any material to his or her instructor, he or she should discuss the matter with the instructor prior to submission of the material.

Students are required to use APA formatting for written assignments. Written assignments should be submitted to Turn-it-in. The plagiarism tutorial must be completed prior to beginning coursework. The tutorial can be accessed at www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/plagiarism. Students must complete the exercise and submit the certificate to the course faculty.

Forgery is falsely recording the signature of an advisor, instructor, or any university official on any official University academic document.

One or more of the following sanctions may be applied to a student found guilty of committing an academic offense:

An instructor who has evidence that a student has committed an academic offense shall attempt to arrange a personal conference with the student to present the evidence of the offense, to give the student an opportunity to state his/her case, and to make known to the student the charges and possible sanctions which may be imposed and/or recommended. If the student is not available for or fails to attend such a conference, the instructor shall proceed to inform the student of the nature of the evidence, the charges, and the possible sanctions by certified mail, with copies to the Director for Graduate Nursing Programs, the Chair of the School of Nursing, and the Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences. The instructor may then proceed to assign an “F” (failing grade) or zero (no credit) on a paper or examination related to the offense, assign an “F” for the course in which the offense occurred, or recommend to the Director for Graduate Nursing Programs a more severe sanction of forced withdrawal or dismissal from the university.

After reviewing the report from the instructor and making any appropriate investigation, which may include consultation with the student and graduate nursing program faculty, the Director for Graduate Nursing Programs will forward the materials, along with his or her own recommendation to the Instructor, Chair of the School of Nursing, and the Dean of Natural and Applied Sciences. If the sanction is forced withdrawal from the course or dismissal from the University, the Chair of the School of Nursing will take action to implement the withdrawal or dismissal and will notify the student by certified mail. Copies of the notice will be sent to the instructor, the Director for Graduate Nursing Programs, the Registrar, the Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost.