1. School of Public Affairs and Administration New Student Orientation Online MPA Summer 2014

2. The Online Program Master in Public Administration 42 credits (33 Core credits - 9 elective credits for concentration) Concentration: Public and Nonprofit Performance Management

3. Curriculum

4. Advisement Worksheet To plan your course schedule Use the MPA Advisement Form: http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/mpa-forms-documents

5. Class Conduct How your classes will be conducted? The Online MPA program uses e-college platform for all classwork. The link is http://onlinelearning.rutgers.edu/ecollege Before you can start logging in, you need to set up a NetID by going to netid.rutgers.edunetid.rutgers.edu

6. Syllabi and Books To find syllabus for each class, check SPAA website: http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/online-mpa-curriculum To purchase books, check Rutgers-Newark bookstore at http://newark-rutgers.bncollege.com/ http://newark-rutgers.bncollege.com/ You can also buy used books online

7. Resources Rutgers Library has several resources for Public Administration. You can check these recourses at http://libguides.rutgers.edu/pubadmin http://libguides.rutgers.edu/pubadmin Direct all questions regarding these resources to Roberta Tipton (tipton@rutgers.edu)

8. Advising/Registration You can take one or two courses per semester. The courses that are offered can be found at http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/online-mpa-curriculum http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/online-mpa-curriculum You can register at webreg.rutgers.edu

9. School of Public Affairs and Administration Academic Integrity

10. Types of Violations Plagiarism Cheating Fabrication Facilitation of Dishonesty Academic Sabotage Violation of Research or Professional Ethics Violations Involving Potentially Criminal Activity

11. Avoiding Violations of Academic Integrity Understand how to cite various types of sources (books, articles, websites). When in doubt, CITE! Request an extension if a personal issue or emergency arises. Request an advance review of your assignment by the professor or TA. Use a plagiarism software to check your paper before submitting

12. Academic Integrity Tutorial All Students Deadline: July 1 st, 2014 The Tutorial can be found at blackboard.rutgers.edu under My Organization Plus section

13. Web Resources Rutgers Academic Integrity Website –http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu Office of Student Conduct Website –http://studentconduct.rutgers.edu Rutgers Libraries Website –http://libraries.rutgers.edu

14. Questions? Please email Tugba Aksoy at aksoy@rutgers.edu