Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

15 All students who have been dismissed from one of the graduate pro- grams have the right to appeal the dismissal. Academic Integrity 1. First year students in all graduate programs are required to complete academic integrity training, including completing Collaborative Institu- tional Training Initiative (CITI) in the first semester of their first year in the context of their professional seminar. 2. e Psychology department's academic integrity committee will assess and make decisions in consultation with the full faculty about how to handle individual cases of acts of academic dishonesty (e.g. plagiarizing, cheating, forging a signature, clinical ethical violations, having someone else write a paper or complete a training for you, e.g. CITI) for all grad- uate programs/students. 3. Consistent with the Pace University Academic Integrity Code, all acts of plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty will be reported to the university-wide Academic Integrity Committee. Consistent with this code and prior procedures, faculty continue to have full discretion regarding how to deal with such acts in the course in which academic integrity was compromised. 4. Any act(s) of plagiarism or other form of academic dishonesty may be grounds for failing a course, depending on the individual professor's assessment of the severity and discretion in how to handle it. Cases not resulting in failure in a course but deemed serious by the Academic In- tegrity Committee, in consultation with the faculty, can also warrant dis- missal from the program. Depending on the severity, cases of academic dishonesty may lead to immediate dismissal. For cases of academic dis- honesty that are not dealt with through failure of a course or immediate dismissal but are considered serious by the Academic Integrity Commit- tee (in consultation with the full faculty), the first case for an individual student will result in that student being given a written warning indicat- ing that a second offense will result in automatic dismissal from the pro- gram. A letter of dismissal from a graduate program is sent to the student by the relevant Program Director. 5. Plagiarism or other academic dishonesty issues are grounds for failing one's doctoral project or MA thesis; at the discretion of the committee, students who engage in such practices may be dismissed from the pro- gram or may have to complete a different doctoral project/MA thesis. If the committee members are in disagreement about this decision, the academic committee may appoint an arbitrator or refer the matter to the student's advisor and Program Director. 6. Students will hand in their doctoral projects and MA theses through Turnitin (for doctoral projects, enabled through PSY834/835; for MA theses by the individual advisor) before the presentations, and reports will be shared with the advisor. Students will have access to review Tur- nitin reports on their own work in an ongoing fashion, and students are encouraged to use that resource in a preventative fashion. is Revised Dismissal Procedure is effective as of November 2, 2018. Note: Pace University has Academic Integrity Policies which may super- sede Psychology Department policies. Time Limits For students entering the doctoral program, Pace University follows New York State Education Department guidelines in establishing a maximum of 10 years for students to complete all requirements for graduation. However, all students are strongly encouraged to complete the program in no more than 6 years. For Advanced Standing students the time limit is 6 years. For part-time students the time limit is 10 years. Satisfactory program requirement completion is determined by a continuous evalua- tion process. Exceeding the time limit is grounds for dismissal from the doctoral program. Leave of Absence and Maintaining Matriculation A leave of absence is available to students who need to interrupt their graduate studies for a period of time. If a student desires a leave of ab- sence, the request is submitted in writing to the Program Director of the appropriate graduate psychology program. A leave of absence is granted for one year; a maximum of two leaves of absence may be granted. A leave of absence means that the student does not pay a matriculation fee and therefore does not have access to university resources nor do they meet with university faculty or other personnel. A leave of absence does not extend the time for completion of a graduate program, unless specif- ically requested/approved and the leave of absence is due to an extraor- dinary circumstance. Professional and Ethical Conduct All psychology graduate students are expected to know and adhere to eth- ical guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), as well as relevant NYS licensing and certification regulations. is precludes any unlicensed private practice, psychological in nature, other than in an exempt agency under appropriate supervision. e only agencies exempted are those of federal, state, county or municipal governments. Any evidence of ethical breaches is immediately and thoroughly addressed according to applicable Departmental, College, and University procedures. ese guidelines and regulations may be secured by accessing information through websites, as well as contacting these organizations and agencies directly. Some of the relevant organizations and their contact information are as follows: APA NASP 750 First Street NE P.O. Box 1295 Washington, D.C. 20002-4242 Laurel, MD 20725-1295 www.apa.org www.nasponline.org New York State Education Department: www.nysed.gov MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY e 69-credit hour Master of Science in Education (MSEd) in School Psy- chology trains students to provide psychoeducational services in school settings. Students receive course and fieldwork in assessment, consultation, and intervention. Students are trained to provide assessment and diagnos- tic services for individual children and adolescents, design and implement school research and evaluation projects, and offer assistance to teachers and other educational professionals. Students in this program receive psychological service training in a variety of university and field settings. Coursework is offered in psychological foundation areas, as well as in the professional practice of psychology. Coursework is taken on Pace Univer- sity's New York City campus in lower Manhattan; practicum work occurs on campus in the omas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services, as well as in school districts throughout the New York metropolitan area. Fieldwork begins with experiential activities and extends to formal train- ing opportunities in the McShane Center and metropolitan area school districts (A partial listing of many participating school districts is found in this catalog). e MSEd includes a final school psychology internship, typically in a school district in the New York metropolitan area.

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