Mindeo MP725 - B. Program Standards and Expectations; Academic Integrity

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It is the applicant’s responsibility to make relevant material available for review. Criteria to be
used for assessing course credit transfer from another accredited MSW program include:
analogous course objectives, similarity of theoretical frameworks, comparable content, texts and
readings, similarity between assignments used to achieve objectives and comparable level of
earned credits in terms of course work. Only courses for which a grade of ―B‖ or better was
obtained are accepted for transfer.
B. Program Standards and Expectations
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to follow University and Program guidelines for careful recognition and
documentation of the work of others in their writing and oral presentations.
On October 17, 2005 the following Statement was approved by the Collaborative MSW Faculty
Building upon the established base of knowledge and properly attributing the sources of
that knowledge are fundamental bedrock principles of scholarship. Academic honesty is
a value central to all independent inquiry because all scholarship is built upon what is
currently known. The intentional or unintentional passing of other’s work as our own
erodes the trust that should be an inherent part of scholarly work, destroys the credibility
of the author, and damages the integrity of the knowledge building process. It is,
therefore, crucial that anyone engaging in scholarly work exercise great care in its
preparation and use due diligence in the proper attribution of all sources used.
Academic honesty is expected in all areas of your work. Plagiarism is a demonstration of
academic dishonesty in which students use the work of others as their own. Demonstrations
of plagiarism include the following
 copying text directly from a source without giving credit to the source
 copying text directly from one source while crediting it to another source
 copying text directly from a source yet citing the information as a paraphrase
 presenting a unique idea from an outside source as your own
Students must give credit to their source material, in accordance with APA style guidelines
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In order to ensure that submitted work is free from plagiarism, students should:
 Cite words, phrases and sentences copied directly from an outside source as a direct
quote (include quotation marks, page numbers, author, and publication date).
 Cite paraphrases by giving credit to the author.
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American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (5
th
ed.). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Appendix C, section 6.22.