• Instructor Response Time
  • Plagiarism Policy
  • Academic Research Policy
  • Attendance Policy
  • Copyright Information
  • Student Conduct

Response Time

  • Your instructor will answer questions posted in the Ask Your Instructor forum within 48 hours.
  • Your instructor will answer student emails within 48 hours.

Grades

  • Discussion board feedback and grades will be posted within 72 hours after the end of each learning week (11:59 pm MT on Thursdays.) 
  • Written assignment feedback and grades will be posted within 5 days of the due date. 
  • Final grades will be posted within 6 days after the date the course ends.

Students agree to produce all the work assigned in every course as their individual work, unless collaboration is required or expressly permitted by the instructor. Plagiarism includes the use of the student’s own previously published work (in whole or in part) or work previously submitted (in whole or in part) in any course, including within the same course, without proper citation in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Sixth Edition Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Students must obtain specific, written permission from their instructor, prior to the inclusion in course assignments, to submit work the student previously submitted (in the same course or any other course) or work the student previously published, in whole or in part.

Students will avoid all forms of plagiarism and will not submit as their own work material obtained from persons (with or without that person’s knowledge), or from other sources such as term paper companies or the Internet. Students will give credit (proper APA citations) for all the sources of their ideas, whether written or oral, formal or informal, published or unpublished. Plagiarism may be grounds for dismissal from the University.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Address any questions regarding plagiarism to the course instructor. Students should be aware that University of the Rockies’ instructors utilize anti-plagiarism resources to determine the originality of submitted written work. These tools compare students’ work with texts available in internal databases and through Internet searches.

Academic research and papers must meet certain standards of quality recognized by the academic community. What constitutes quality academic research?

  • Primary (original) sources written by experts in the field of study
  • Secondary sources supported by research in primary sources
  • Credible sources (experts in the area of study)
  • Relevant research (materials are pertinent to the area of study)
  • The use of peer-reviewed journal articles (journal articles reviewed by recognized experts in the relevant field of study) is required.
  • Educational websites may be appropriate in some cases but should be evaluated carefully

What sources are not acceptable for academic research and referencing?

  • Encyclopedias
  • Dictionaries
  • Wikipedia, other wikis, or personal blogs (Many executives have professional blogs, check with your instructor before using these.)
  • Websites and other sources that do not provide quality researched materials (site does not use credible sources to support the information in the document)

All research must reflect professional academic protocol and be documented according to APA standards.

Student Community Standards