Academic Integrity
Policy For Faculty
Academic Integrity Content for Syllabi:
Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
Westmont’s academic integrity policy prohibits us from “present[ing] another’s work as our own.” Generative AI tools such
as ChatGPT attempt to do the work of writing, making, and other creative activities
for their users.Therefore, students should NOT substitute AI-generated content or ideas for original academic
work. Westmont faculty members design courses and assignments for students’ incremental
and active learning through methods such as reading, summarizing, discussion, and
an authentic generative process in which a student does the work of critical thinking,
making meaning, and constructing messages and other creative works. Faculty members
reserve the right to prohibit or limit AI use in particular assignments or for the
entire course.
“HOW did you do your work?” Students are advised to document their process of completing
each assignment: e.g., their brainstorming, conversations, research queries, reading
notes, writing or other creative expression, and the particular resources and tools
used to achieve this work. Since software capabilities and AI integrations are rapidly changing, using even such
tools as Grammarly without an instructor’s permission puts a student’s academic integrity
at risk. When this use has been permitted, the content generated or modified by AI
must be properly attributed (e.g., sharing the AI Archives link to that chat). Upon instructor request, a student should be able to narrate
the process of assignment completion from start to finish, which shows how a student is learning within and across assignments.