Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Policy

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)


  • RED: Prohibited

  • YELLOW: Limited

  • GREEN: Encouraged

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

RED: Prohibited

  • Develop your skills
  • Assess your learning
  • Violations: Grade of 0 and Honor Council

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

YELLOW: Limited

  • Use GenAI in a limited way to complete a task or achieve a goal
  • Still majority your own work
  • Citations Required!
  • No Direct AI Results!
  • Violations: Grade of 0 and Honor Council

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

GREEN: Encouraged

  • Become comfortable using GenAI to fully complete a task
  • GenAI is not perfect; ensure accuracy
  • Citations Required!
  • Direct AI Results Allowed!
  • Violations: Grade of 0 and Honor Council

Understand your Work

  • Students must understand all submitted work
  • Instructor may request additional discussion or explanation of a submission at any time
  • Students must meet with instructor for a real-time discussion of work ASAP
  • Any student who is unable to clearly explain their work may be in violation of this policy

Sample GenAI Citation

Tool: OpenAI ChatGPT using GPT-5.2 (January 2026)
Prompt: "Tell me about yourself"
Context: No context provided
Usage: I used the output of ChatGPT to better understand how the tool works and what limitations it presents. I paraphrased that output in my discussion where cited above

Sample GenAI Citation

Tool: Github Copilot using Claude Haiku 4.5 (January 2026)
Prompt: "How would I write a unit test for the Entree class to ensure all ingredient changes are in the special instructions?"
Context: Description of desired unit tests from the milestone assignment and existing Entree.py source code
Usage: I used the output of Claude to scaffold some of my unit tests for this class. Each test was reviewed for accuracy and completeness and edited to ensure that all code paths were tested.

When in doubt, Ask!

  • GenAI is new and constantly changing
  • Quality educational experience is the goal
  • Balance doing the work and learning tools
  • Ask for clarification!

Ignorance is not an excuse
for violations