Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in This Course

Artificial intelligence tools may be used in this course only in ways that are consistent with the goals of the assignment and the principles of academic integrity. Because this course is designed to develop students’ own reading, thinking, analysis, and writing, AI must function only as a support tool and not as a substitute for independent intellectual work.

To provide clear guidance, AI use in this course is organized into three categories: freely allowed, limited, and prohibited.

Freely allowed use includes activities that support learning without replacing original academic work. Examples include asking for explanations of key concepts, reviewing terminology, generating practice questions, organizing study notes, or checking grammar in personal notes that are not submitted for credit.

Limited use is permitted only in specific cases and only as a secondary support. For some assignments, students may use AI to improve wording, clarity, grammar, or organization after they have already produced their own original draft. In such cases, the ideas, interpretation, argument, and overall substance of the work must remain the student’s own. When required by the instructor, students must disclose any such use of AI.

Prohibited use applies to assignments intended to assess students’ own understanding, interpretation, and written expression. AI may not be used to generate or substantially revise reaction papers, reading responses, analytical essays, quizzes, or any other assignment explicitly designated as AI-free. Students may not use AI to summarize readings in place of completing the assigned reading, generate arguments or interpretations for graded work, or paraphrase AI-produced content and submit it as original work.

The guiding principle is simple: AI may assist learning, but it may not replace a student’s own intellectual effort. All submitted work must accurately reflect the student’s own reading, thinking, and writing.

Improper or undisclosed use of AI may be treated as a violation of academic honesty and may result in academic penalties in accordance with course and university policy. Students who are uncertain whether a particular use of AI is permitted are expected to consult the instructor before submitting the assignment.

Specific Guidelines at Three Levels

1. Freely Allowed

AI may be used for learning support that does not replace your own academic work. Clarifying concepts, reviewing vocabulary, generating practice questions, organizing study notes, grammar checks in personal notes. Disclosure is not required

1. Limited

AI may be used only as a support tool after you have done your own work. The core ideas and writing must remain your own. Language editing, wording suggestions, improving clarity, feedback on organization after writing your own draft. Disclousre may be required

1. Prohibited

AI may not be used when the assignment is intended to assess your own reading, analysis, interpretation, or writing. Reaction papers, reading responses, essays, quizzes, exams, in-class writing, AI-generated summaries of assigned readings. Not allowed

General Rule

AI may support your learning, but it may not substitute for your own reading, thinking, analysis, or writing. All submitted work must honestly represent your own intellectual effort.

Note

If you are unsure whether a particular use of AI is acceptable, please ask before submitting your work.