Graduate Students

Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty is an exceptionally serious offense to oneself and one’s colleagues. The fabric of a learning community is woven by a bond of trust: the work to which we affix our names is our own. To act otherwise is to undermine the contract of good faith on which productive study and the open exchange of ideas is based. Therefore, students wishing to maintain formal membership in a learning community must display the high level of integrity expected of all its members.

According to Lindenwood University’s Academic Honesty policy, names of students found guilty of cheating or plagiarizing will be sent to the Associate Provost. A first offense of academic dishonesty by a graduate student may result in a lessened or failing grade on the work/test or failure in the course or cluster. A second offense by a graduate student will result in expulsion from the university. Any questions about the policy should be directed to the Associate Provost.

Graduate Transfer Credit from Another University

Students transferring credit hours from a regionally accredited university must submit official transcripts from each university attended to the Office of Admissions along with the application for admission. All hours accepted in transfer must be from regionally accredited colleges and universities. In order to count towards graduation, all graduate credit hours must be 50000 level or above and must be in the same subject area. If courses have the same title, contain similar or like content and have a grade of “B” or above, they may transfer in as equivalents of Lindenwood course credit. Grades of “C” or below will not transfer into any LCIE graduate program. A maximum of nine credit hours of graduate credit will transfer to an LCIE graduate program. All transfer credit is subject to approval by the LCIE program director and the Dean of LCIE.

Transferring To/From Graduate Programs Between Schools at Lindenwood University

Some students, after taking one or more clusters in LCIE, may decide to transfer into another School within Lindenwood University to earn their graduate degree. When this occurs, students may be able to transfer nine credit hours from their first graduate degree program toward their new graduate degree program. Approval of transfer credit is at the discretion of the program director or department chair of the receiving School. The same nine credit hour rule applies to graduate credit transferred in to LCIE from another School within Lindenwood University.

Graduate Degree Time Limit

A graduate student is expected to complete a graduate program within five (5) years of the date of entry.

Preparing for Graduation

It is the shared responsibility of both a student and his/her advisor to determine that all requirements for graduation have been completed by the anticipated graduation date. The advisor has the authority to approve academic work within the major; however, only the Provost of the university and the registrar have the authority to certify that all requirements for graduation have been fulfilled and post a notification of degree completion on a student’s transcript. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each student to track his/her own progress through a degree program.