Learn with integrity
Academics
Academic standards, student support and records at SMCAH.
Honor code
Integrity in class and clinical
Honor code
Academic standards and integrity.
Students maintain absolute integrity in both the classroom and clinical settings.
The honor code
Prohibited conduct includes cheating, plagiarism, stealing academic work (including tests), submitting papers written by others, and failing to report academic dishonesty. Cases go to the academic committee. Students who breach the honor code may be expelled from the program.
Cheating
Using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information or study aids on any academic exercise. Examples include copying during an exam, presenting another's work as your own, and submitting the same work in more than one course without permission from both instructors.
Plagiarism
Submitting work whose language, ideas or thoughts match another person's published or unpublished material without proper credit, including material from paid term-paper sellers.
Reporting
Aiding another student's dishonesty leads to a hearing for possible dismissal. Students who know of dishonesty and fail to report it must attend a departmental hearing. Sharing exam content is also academic dishonesty.
Devices and social media
Audio recording of lectures is allowed, but sharing recordings on social media or video sites is not. Phones are off in class and scheduled labs. In clinical settings, phones may be used only during assigned breaks outside patient care areas.
Due process
For a first violation, the instructor decides the sanction, up to no credit for the assignment. The Program Director may add sanctions, which can include failing a course, suspension or expulsion.
Academic calendar
Class hours.
The academic year varies by each student's program entry month. The one-week break between Christmas and New Year's Day and the observed holidays are listed on the Student Records page.
Day schedule
Day Program
Evening schedule
Evening Program
Monday to Friday; clinical hours vary by site.
Take the next step
Move closer to your nursing career.
Choose your program, review the requirements and start your application, or talk with Admissions first.
Before you apply
- Choose your program and schedule
- Gather your transcript or GED
- Prepare for the entrance assessment
- Talk with Admissions about financial aid