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Generative AI and Students

Resources to help you navigate generative AI at McMaster as a student. If you’re ever unsure about what may or may not be permitted, ask your course instructor or supervisor.

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What to Consider

AI use varies by course, so check your syllabus or ask your instructor. Some programs and departments are also beginning to set their own policies/guidelines.

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AI Guidelines Review the guidelines

McMaster’s guidelines on generative AI use in teaching and learning, endorsed by the AI Advisory Committee and AI Expert Panel for Teaching and Learning.

Academic integrity policy Read the policy

How AI use fits within McMaster’s academic integrity policy.

Translation and editing tools Learn more

Using translation and editing tools responsibly.

Build Your Understanding

Learn how generative AI works, and explore it’s wider impact on learning, society, work, and the world around you.

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Introduction to generative AI Complete the module

An online module covering what generative AI is and how it may impact how we learn.

Generative AI course See course details

CMST 2AI: Generative Artificial Intelligence: Human and Societal Impacts is a second year online asynchronous undergraduate course open to all McMaster students will begin in the 2026-2027 academic year.

Acknowledge and Cite

How to acknowledge and cite generative AI use in your written work, so that your instructor knows exactly what was and wasn’t AI-generated.

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Citation guide Review the guide

The library’s guide to citing generative AI in written work.

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Learn more about generative AI Browse the collection

Generative AI is moving fast. Here’s a curated collection of resources and news to help you keep up.