The course provides students with an understanding of the following issues: - the need for research ethics and the responsibility of the researcher (the student) - the most common types of academic dishonesty (such as fabrication and plagiarism) - how to avoid committing acts of academic dishonesty (such a through using citations and references) - how the University deals with students who have been proven to have committed acts of academic dishonesty (The University’s ‘Rules on Handling Student Academic Dishonesty’ will be outlined)

CILO-1: Explain the need for research ethics and the responsibility of a researcher. CILO-2: Describe the most common types of academic dishonesty. CILO-3: Explain how to avoid committing acts of academic dishonesty. CILO-4: Describe how the University deals with students who have been proven to have committed acts of academic dishonesty.