Ethics and Integrity Training Requirement

Ethics and Academic Integrity Training is mandatory for all newly admitted University of Alberta Graduate Students. All graduate students are required to complete a minimum of eight hours of ethics training in order to graduate. It is recommended that students try to complete the requirements within the first year.

NEW FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED IN FALL 2021 AND LATER

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 - All incoming graduate students, for Fall 2022 and onwards, will be automatically registered in INT D 710 (and INT D 720 for PhD students) by FGSR.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative. Beginning in Fall 2021, the NEW Ethics and Academic Citizenship Requirement will replace the current Academic Integrity and Ethics Training Requirement. The new Ethics and Academic Citizenship Requirement will consist of two zero-credit, self-paced online courses: INT D 710: Ethics and Academic Citizenship (for both master’s and doctoral students) and INT D 720: Advanced Ethics and Academic Citizenship (for doctoral students). You can register in the above courses through BearTracks.

No confirmation of course completion is required to be provided to the Graduate Programs Office as these will show on your University of Alberta transcripts.

STUDENTS ADMITTED IN 2020 OR EARLIER

Students have the option of enrolling in the above new program or continue with the previous ethics requirements stream.

Students who take KSR 580 or KSR 581 are eligible for 3 hours of credit toward the Graduate Ethics Training requirement of their degree. The Ethics Certificate form can be found in the Forms Cabinet. Submit the signed form to the Graduate Programs Office immediately upon completion of the course to be kept on file.

Please provide the Graduate Programs Office (ksrgrad.info@ualberta.ca) with a copy your certificates and/or proof of completion. Confirmation of attendance can be a screen shot from campusBridge showing your attendance at the sessions.

Graduate Ethics Training (GET) Program from the FGSR via webCT (provides 5 hours)

Attendance and participation in appropriate ethics-related seminars or workshops

TCPS 2 Tutorial Course on Research Ethics (CORE) self-paced on-line course that features interactive exercises and multi-disciplinary examples (provides 3 hours)

Other Ethics Training Opportunities:

1. FGSR’s Professional Development sessions:

Students are required to sign the attendance sheet and must stay the duration of the session for credit. Note students will only receive credit once for each session attended.

• • • Code of Student Behaviour – 1.5 hrs

    • Plagiarism – 1.5 hrs

    • Intellectual Property – 1.5 hrs

    • Student-Supervisor Conflict Resolution – 1.5 hrs

    • Copyright and How it Applies to Graduate Students– 1.5 hrs

    • Ethics in Teaching– 1.5 hrs

    • The ‘Ism’s In Teaching: How to Deal with Sensitive Issues Such as Racism, Genderism, Sexism and so on in your Classroom– 1.5 hrs

2. MyGradSkills.ca modules

• • • Academic and Research Integrity - 1 hour

    • Intellectual Property: An Entrepreneur's Guide - 1 hour

    • Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism - 1 hour

3. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Ethics and Scientific Integrity Day - Credit 5 Hours

Students must attend the entire session to receive the full 5 credits. Note that students can only attend ESI Day on a one time basis and will only receive 5 hours of credit once.

Information regarding other ethics training opportunities will be sent to you via the FGSR Professional Developmental Bulletins (subscribe to receive notifications), and the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation as the information becomes available.

If Ethics Training was completed in a previous degree at this university, students may use this to satisfy the eight required hours for their current degree. Consult the Graduate Programs Office for confirmation.

Once Ethics Training is completed, students must print their certificate of completion and course grade results (if applicable), and submit them to the Graduate Program Office. Please be aware you will not be able to submit your thesis nor graduate without completing the ethics requirements.