Academic Integrity in Online Courses
York Technical College upholds the value and integrity of its academic programs and credentials. Academic integrity expectations and processes for addressing potential academic integrity violations are the same in online courses as they are in traditional courses. All students are expected to adhere to academic integrity expectations outlined in the York Technical College Catalog and Handbook as well as the South Carolina Technical College System Student Code and the course syllabus.
Students are expected to meet high standards of academic honesty and integrity. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, cheating; copying another student's work; using unauthorized equipment or materials during a test; obtaining, using, buying, or selling the contents of a test; falsifying or inventing information such as reports or laboratory results; plagiarism; and collusion. Students who are found guilty of academic dishonesty may be assigned a lower grade for the assignment including a grade of zero, may be required to repeat or resubmit the assignment, may be assigned a failing grade for the course, or may be required to withdraw from the course. Students may also be subject to further disciplinary action. An academic misconduct violation may be investigated and sanctioned even when discovery occurs after submission of the final grade.
All the policies stated in the York Technical College Catalog and Handbook will be enforced. Any student violating these policies will be subject to academic discipline.
York Technical College recognizes the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, have changed the landscape of many career disciplines and will impact students in and out of the classroom. YTC is committed to guiding students in the ethical use of AI to prepare for their careers and to incorporating AI into classroom instruction and assignments when appropriate. Approved use of these technologies is at the discretion of the instructor. Students are reminded that all work submitted must be their own, original work, unless otherwise specified. Any approved use of AI must be acknowledged and appropriately cited in alignment with the current formatting guidelines of the course’s discipline or instructor’s specifications. Students should contact their instructor with any questions regarding acceptable use of all forms of AI in their courses. Failure to adequately cite the use of AI may result in disciplinary action for violating the College’s Student Code.