Cooper Union AI Policy

• You present as your own work product a homework assignment, a take-home exam or a class project that includes the efforts of other individuals. The contributions of other individuals (if permitted by your instructor) must be acknowledged in writing on the submitted assignment, exam or project.

• You submit as part of a homework assignment, take-home exam or class project material that has been copied from any source (including, but not limited to, a reference book, periodical, the Internet, a generative AI) without properly citing the source, and/or without using quotation marks. It is also prohibited to submit such materials in a minimally altered form without proper attribution. Improperly copied material might include text, graphics (computer or otherwise), computer source code, etc.

• Using a generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) when not explicitly authorized by the instructor.

The use of AI is becoming more common, but it should strictly serve as a tool for creative brainstorming, idea refinement, or resume building—not as a direct representation of your work. Using AI-generated content without modification is considered plagiarism. This includes, but is not limited to, AI-generated drawings, statements, essays, or responses to prompts.

While gaining inspiration from AI and other sources can be helpful, presenting anyone else's work, including that of AI, as your own is unacceptable. The work you present must be a reflection of your thoughts and efforts.

• You copy the work of other students on an in-class examination or communicate with other individuals in any fashion during an exam.

• Bringing any device into an examination (computer/ smartphone/ calculator), which permits the retrieval of examination-related materials unless expressly permitted by the instructor.

• Bringing any device into an examination that allows communication with other individuals or computers or computer databases unless expressly permitted by the instructor.

• Using a generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) when not explicitly authorized by the instructor.

There was no New Business. Representatives inquired about how to handle using AI on studio

and home tests.

The use of AI is becoming more common, but it should strictly serve as a tool for creative brainstorming, idea refinement, or resume building—not as a direct representation of your work.

Ms. Norberg reviewed curriculum design efforts to help students ethically and effectively use AI.

She noted ongoing collaboration with deans to develop student workshops (in-person and online)

and to integrate information literacy into each school’s curriculum.

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person’s “work product” (ideas, words, equations, computer code, graphics, lab data, etc.) as one’s own.

• You submit as part of a homework assignment, take-home exam or class project material that has been copied from any source (including, but not limited to, a reference book, periodical, the Internet, a generative AI) without properly citing the source, and/or without using quotation marks. It is also prohibited to submit such materials in a minimally altered form without proper attribution. Improperly copied material might include text, graphics (computer or otherwise), computer source code, etc.

• Using a generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) when not explicitly authorized by the instructor.

The contributions of other individuals (if permitted by your instructor) must be acknowledged in writing on the submitted assignment, exam or project.

• You submit as part of a homework assignment, take-home exam or class project material that has been copied from any source (including, but not limited to, a reference book, periodical, the Internet, a generative AI) without properly citing the source, and/or without using quotation marks. It is also prohibited to submit such materials in a minimally altered form without proper attribution. Improperly copied material might include text, graphics (computer or otherwise), computer source code, etc.

The work you present must be a reflection of your thoughts and efforts.

Faculty members may not unilaterally resolve incidents of academic dishonesty. Each faculty member is required to report all cases of plagiarism or academic dishonesty to the engineering dean’s office in a memorandum. If documentary evidence of the incident exists, it should be attached.

The dean’s office, in consultation with the faculty member and the student, will select from the following sanctions: a grade of F for the assignment, a grade of F for the course or dismissal of the student from the school. A record of all incidents will be kept in the dean’s office and considered for second-time offenders.

Students who are dismissed because of academic dishonesty should be aware that incident reports and any responsive actions by the dean’s office or Academic Standards Committee become part of their permanent record.

The Academic Standards Committee of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture will review acts of academic dishonesty, including cheating, plagiarizing, or the submission of work that has not been prepared by the person claiming authorship. Such acts are punishable by probation, suspension, or dismissal.

The action of the Academic Standards Committee in such cases will become part of the student’s permanent academic record.

AI Advisory Council: Mokena Makeka, Special advisor to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, is forming The

Cooper Union AI Advisory Council, a non-fiduciary and voluntary transdisciplinary network of leaders working in AI.

The network is a body of esteemed practitioners working on the innovation end of (generative) AI. The body

highlights recommendations and insights, primarily enhancing accountability toward making an equitable and

better world.

presented the work of the Cooper Union Library on Information Literacy in a Time of

Generative AI.

Ms. Norberg reviewed curriculum design efforts to help students ethically and effectively use AI.

She noted ongoing collaboration with deans to develop student workshops (in-person and online)

and to integrate information literacy into each school’s curriculum.