School of Public Affairs and Administration
New Student Orientation
Online MPA
Summer 2014
The Online Program
• Master in Public Administration
42 credits (33 Core credits - 9 elective credits
for concentration)
Concentration: Public and Nonprofit
Performance Management
Curriculum
Advisement Worksheet
To plan your course schedule
Use the MPA Advisement Form:
http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/mpa-forms-documents
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.edu
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/
You can also buy used books online
Resources
Rutgers Library has several resources for Public
Administration. You can check these recourses at
http://libguides.rutgers.edu/pubadmin
Direct all questions regarding these resources to Roberta
Tipton (tipton@rutgers.edu)
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
You can register at webreg.rutgers.edu
School of Public Affairs and Administration
Academic Integrity
Types of Violations
•Plagiarism
•Cheating
•Fabrication
•Facilitation of Dishonesty
•Academic Sabotage
•Violation of Research or Professional Ethics
•Violations Involving Potentially Criminal Activity
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
Academic Integrity Tutorial
All Students
Deadline: July 1st , 2014
The Tutorial can be found at
blackboard.rutgers.edu under My
Organization Plus section
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
Questions?
Please email Tugba Aksoy at
aksoy@rutgers.edu