8 General Policies

VIII General Policies

Graduate credit for coursework more than 7 years old at the time of the final examination cannot be used for a master’s degree.
The time limit for a doctoral degree is 10 years.
Following the final lecture recital, doctoral candidates have 1 year to complete an approved disquisition.
The Graduate School may impose additional requirements if these timelines are not met.

The Challey School of Music values and enforces academic integrity.

Faculty and GAs are responsible for:
- Providing clear guidelines on cheating and plagiarism at the start of each course.
- Using precautionary measures where cheating is likely to occur.
Students are responsible for:
- Submitting their own work.
- Understanding that cooperating on exams or assignments without authorization constitutes a violation, even if one student is not enrolled in the course.

Rights and Procedures:

Students must be informed if suspected of a violation and given the opportunity to respond.
Faculty have the prerogative to impose penalties, which may include:
- Failure for an assignment, test, or the course.
- Additional sanctions proportional to the severity of the violation.
Students may not drop the course in which a violation occurred without instructor permission.
Faculty must provide a written report of actions to the:
- Department Chair
- Dean
- Graduate Dean
- Provost

📖 For complete details on sanctions, appeals, and hearings, see NDSU Policy 335.

Students who previously completed MUSC 748 or a comparable course may be entitled to a waiver or audit status.
For students who completed MUSC 748 in a recent NDSU master’s degree, the requirement is waived at the discretion of the advisor and instructor.
For students who completed a similar course at another university:
- Evidence (such as scholarly papers or other documentation) must be presented to the MUSC 748 instructor for consideration of a waiver or audit status.