Information Literacy & Academic Integrity

Course Code: AS05

Program: Academic Success Program

Course Overview: Students encounter information through books, journals, websites, social media, digital platforms, and artificial intelligence tools. Responsible participation requires the ability to assess quality, identify unreliable content, protect information, and use knowledge ethically.

This course develops information literacy, digital and media evaluation, misinformation awareness, academic integrity, responsible citation, information management, privacy and security awareness, and lifelong information-use habits for academic and professional settings.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the importance of information literacy
• Evaluate digital and academic information critically
• Identify misinformation and unreliable sources
• Apply academic-integrity and ethical information-use principles
• Develop responsible and lifelong information-management habits

Target Audience: University students using academic, digital, media, and AI-supported information in their studies and future professional practice.

Learning Experience: Students engage through video overviews, audio deep dives, study guides, practical examples, reflection prompts, workbook activities, applied tasks, knowledge checks, and end-of-module quizzes. Activities support source evaluation, misinformation awareness, ethical information use, academic integrity, privacy, security, and responsible information management.

Course Structure: 5 modules / 20 lessons.

Special Feature: Every module concludes with a Putting It All Together audio deep dive that connects the key lessons and supports reflection and practical application.

Pathway Focus: Evaluate information. Use knowledge ethically. Protect academic integrity.