AI Policy

The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Student Academic Coursework

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforms how we live and work, UMHB is committed to equipping students to use these tools thoughtfully, ethically, and productively in their lives and in their careers.  Like all technologies, the use of these AI tools at UMHB is guided by a biblical conviction that all humans are created in the image of God. 

Faculty Authority and Course-level Policy

Recognizing that the applications for AI use are as varied as the many academic disciplines taught at UMHB, each faculty member defines AI usage in their courses utilizing the following tiered system for all course syllabi:

Red Light or prohibited: Use of generative AI tools is not permitted in the course. Using an AI tool to generate an assignment without permission of the course instructor will be considered a violation of the university policies related to academic dishonesty and may result in sanctions.

Yellow Light or permitted use with restrictions: Students may use generative AI tools for certain activities or assignments if explicitly allowed by the course instructor and adequately disclosed or cited. Students must properly attribute the portions of the assignment generated by AI. Failure to cite properly or disclose use of AI may lead to academic sanctions.

Green Light or use allowed: The course instructor has determined that the use of AI would add value to the learning process. AI use should enhance, not replace, the student’s critical thinking, creativity, and personal engagement with the course content.

Prohibited or Restricted Use of AI :

Uploading faculty work (including but not limited to faculty-generated PowerPoints, class notes, instructional aids, etc.) into any generative AI tool is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the faculty member who created the material. 

Students are strictly prohibited from uploading any content provided by the Townsend Memorial Library, including articles, eBooks, videos, or digitized copies of print books, to any generative AI tool, as this may constitute a violation of the license agreement with the content provider.

Detection of improper use of AI

Current AI detection tools may produce false-positive detection of AI usage.  Detection tools may be used by course instructors as one input among others; faculty should avoid sole reliance on a single automated flag.

The university’s policy ACA 7.11 Academic Integrity (Section Two: Violations of Academic Integrity Standards) shall be followed by faculty when AI misuse is suspected.

Any course-required AI tools must meet assistive and accessibility standards for those students who have received disability accommodations from the UMHB Student Disability Services office.

See https://www.umhb.edu/resources/disability/home