Program Guides and Handbooks

Masters Program in Speech-Language Pathology

Doctoral Program in Clinical Audiology

Doctoral Program in Hearing and Speech Sciences

Combined Ph.D. Programs

Writing Resources

Avoiding Plagarism

Another Note on Plagiarism: Code of Academic Integrity

The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. All students in the HESP program are responsible for upholding these standards. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism.

When writing papers for courses or for independent research projects, please be mindful to avoid plagiarism. Several of the resources available on this page (above) are intended to help students avoid plagiarism, including a recommended text. Please consult with course instructors or academic/research advisors if you have questions.

Guidelines for Authorship and Presentation/Publication of Work

Research Resources

Interested in becoming involved in HESP research? Click here for a listing of all labs!

Library Resources

Lab Research Resources

Funding Your Research

A note from the graduate director about IRB Approval:

"In order to conduct any research on campus, you must have approval for the project from the University of Maryland Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Human Subjects Research.  Moreover, all students conducting candidacy or dissertation research using human participants or data previously collected from humans must obtain approval for the use of human subjects in research from IRB.  This approval must be obtained regardless of the location of the data collection and regardless of prior IRB approval from an off-campus site.  There are no exceptions.  IRB approval must be obtained prior to the collection of any data from human subjects. 

In addition, all students involved in research must complete CITI Training before the Initial Application or Renewal IRB Application can be fully approved, or they must be temporarily removed from the research team until the training has been completed. Log on to CITI Training to complete the training. You will be able to create your own user name and password as this is not linked to your UMD ID. Be sure to select the University of Maryland College Park as your institution and select the track that is most appropriate for the research you are conducting. If you cannot complete the training in one sitting, you can save and finish at a later time (You can stop and start as many times as you need.)"

Student Groups

Mental Health and Wellness

Counseling Center 

  • Many students encounter a variety of personal, social, career, and academic issues that call for assistance beyond advice provided by friends and family. The Counseling Center provides free and confidential services by professional counselors to all University of Maryland students. Students may schedule an appointment by phone or in- person, or may visit during applicable walk-in hours (posted on the website above).

(301) 314-7651   

Shoemaker Building, 1st Floor     

Help Center 

  • Help Center is a peer counseling and crisis intervention hotline, where you can speak to a peer counselor in confidence about any matter that concerns you.
  • You don’t have to provide your name or any identifying information. All calls made to the Help Center are kept strictly confidential, because we are here to provide you with an anonymous ‘listening ear’. No issue is too big or small; our intent is to listen and provide feedback.

(301)314-HELP (4357)

3105 South Campus Dining Hall

Hotline hours: Sun-Th: 2pm-2am, F: 2pm-10pm, Sat: 4pm-12am.

Walk-in hours: Mon-Th: 2pm-8pm

HESP Student Emergency Support Fund

Information can be found here. 

Program Directors and Ombuds

 

 

 

HESP Grievance Policy

Read more here. 

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04/07/2026 - 6:38 pm