Academic Integrity Training
Academic Integrity Training
Academic Integrity Training Requirements
All newly admitted UCF graduate students must complete training designed to create awareness and understanding of fundamental issues related to ethics, academic integrity, and the responsible conduct of research (RCR) in accordance with university guidelines.
This required training includes:
For all graduate students: An asynchronous ethics module as part of the Grad Launch online orientation.
For all doctoral students: Two online, synchronous ethics/RCR workshops on Personal & Professional Integrity and Ethics & Research Integrity.
Ethics Workshop Requirements
- Doctoral students must complete both ethics workshops before entering candidacy and enrolling in dissertation hours.
- Students are strongly encouraged to complete the workshops in sequence (Part 1, then Part 2), although they may be taken in any order.
- All ethics workshops are conducted online via Zoom, and advance registration is required using the links provided in the schedule below.
- These workshops are designed to be highly interactive and provide valuable opportunities to discuss ethical challenges, explore real-world scenarios, learn from peers, and strengthen responsible research and scholarship practices.
- Therefore, to receive attendance credit, students must be present for at least 80% of the workshop and actively participate by speaking during discussions and/or responding through the chat.
- Please ensure you have a working microphone, speaker, and camera, which should be on at all times if possible.
- Because active engagement is an essential part of the learning experience, students should register for a session when they can devote their full attention to the workshop without competing commitments such as travel or work.
- Students who are unable to participate fully may be asked to attend a future session to receive credit, and the instructor may remove participants from the session if circumstances prevent meaningful engagement.
- To encourage open discussion and active participation, recording and the use of transcription services (such as Otter.ai) are not permitted during workshop sessions. Students who require accommodations should contact gradworkshops@ucf.edu at least 48 hours before the workshop.
- For the best experience and access to all Zoom features, students are encouraged to sign in to their Zoom account at https://ucf.zoom.us before joining the session.
- Please allow 2–3 business days after completing a workshop for your myUCF To Do List to be updated.
Upcoming Ethics Workshops
| Workshop | Date | Time | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity | 9/14/2026 | 12 – 2 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 9/15/2026 | 2 – 4 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity | 9/22/2026 | 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 9/23/2026 | 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity (note: session time changed as of 10/6/2026) | 10/8/2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 10/15/2026 | 4 – 6 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity | 10/19/2026 | 11:30 am – 1:30 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 10/23/2026 | 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity (note: session time changed as of 10/13/2026) | 11/3/2026 | 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 11/5/2026 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity | 11/9/2026 | 11:30 am – 1:30 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
| Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity | 11/12/2026 | 4 – 6 p.m. | Register through Zoom |
Academic Integrity Training Policy Details
UCF’s academic integrity training policy information can be found in the Graduate Catalog under Master’s and Doctoral Program Policies. All requirements will be tracked in your myUCF Student Center under the To Do list.
As of the Fall 2024 Semester, UCF no longer requires doctoral students to complete CITI Responsible Conduct of Research training, but this training and/or other CITI trainings, (such as IRB, conflict of interest, etc.) may be required for a class assignment or by your graduate program.
Doctoral students who have not completed two academic integrity workshops must register for and complete Part 1 and Part 2 of the ethics workshops above. Students admitted prior to fall 2024 in programs previously exempt from the workshop requirement will remain exempt; see list of previously exempt programs.
Deadlines
Grad Launch Orientation Ethics Module
All incoming graduate students must complete the Grad Launch online orientation, which includes an ethics module, before the end of their first semester. Students are automatically enrolled in the course soon after they accept their acceptance to their UCF graduate program.
Graduate students who do not complete the online orientation by their first semester will not be eligible to register for courses in their next semester. For additional information, see the Grad Launch webpage.
Ethics Workshops
Doctoral students should complete the required ethics workshops, Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity and Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity, within the first two years of their program. Doctoral students will NOT be eligible to enter candidacy and enroll in dissertation hours until they complete these workshops.
Ethics Workshop Descriptions
The following workshops were created by the UCF Center for Ethics to serve as an introduction to issues of responsible conduct of research and help doctoral students have a fundamental understanding of their ethical obligations as graduate students.
Part 1: Personal and Professional Integrity
In this discussion-driven workshop, we examine the concept of integrity and its role in shaping our behaviors and attitudes as individuals. We compare personal integrity with research integrity and academic integrity through examples, case studies, and conceptual lenses. Our goal is sustained critical application of ethical frameworks and concepts from this workshop in support of good decisions across the widely varied contexts you encounter in your work as graduate students.
Part 2: Ethics and Research Integrity
This workshop focuses on research integrity as an essential attribute of graduate students, in your dual role as student-learners and research leaders. We work through the core federally-defined areas of responsible conduct of research via examples and cases, articulating connections among ethical challenges across the research lifecycle. Our goal is to help you see interfaces among the rules of compliance and the principles of ethics, and to understand how both compliance and ethics must be at the forefront of decision making for professionals.
UCF Center for Ethics
The UCF Center for Ethics aims to cultivate an institutional culture of ethical literacy, including a unified and ongoing conversation about ethics and a habit of practical application around ethics in research, teaching, and partnerships. The College of Graduate Studies collaborates with the Center for Ethics to provide Academic Integrity workshops and other ethics-based programming. Learn more about the Center for Ethics, as well as their Be Better Club at https://ethicscenter.research.ucf.edu