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Instructions for CITI Research Integrity Courses for Honors Students
The CITI Course in the Integrity Assurance Program ensures that all students conducting research have been introduced to the basics of responsible conduct of research.
Completion time will vary, depending on your reading speed and whether you follow all of the links. The modules for the Common Course for USM Undergraduate and HON 300 Students each take about 15-25 minutes to complete. If you are taking the case study courses, these modules each take about 5-8 minutes which will amount to approximately 4-6 hours total completion time. As of Spring 2026, all Honors students must also complete the Research Security Training (Combined Course) as well. Videos require Microsoft Media Player, Real Player plug-in, or Quick Time, and some of the documents require Acrobat Reader.
Begin at . This is where you will register as a new user and log in.
Follow these instructions if you have never registered for a CITI course (if you have
registered, go to step 3):
- Click on Register at the top right corner of the screen.
- Complete Registration by completing each of Steps 1-7
- For Step 1: Type in University of Southern Mississippi as your institution or organization.
- For Steps 2-6: enter personal information
- On Step 7: Choose the following courses suited to your program requirements, then
click on submit:
- Question 1 - Common Course for USM Undergraduate and HON 300 Students
- Question 11 - Research Security Training (Combined Course)
- Depending on your research needs, you may need to also click on the following:
- Question 3 - Animal Subjects Research Course (if you will be involved in research with vertebrate animals)
- Question 4 鈥� Human Subjects Research Course (if you will be involved in research with humans)
- After selecting the required courses and any relevant optional ones, you should select "not at this time" for all of the remaining courses.
- Click "Submit" to complete registration. This will take you to a page with courses ready to begin.
- Under University of Southern Mississippi you will see the courses you have selected.
The basic/common module titles are:
- Plagiarism
- Authorship
- Conflicts of Interest
- Data Management
- Mentoring
- Research Misconduct
- Research Involving Human Subjects
- Click on the course title to begin the course
- Follow the instructions for each Module. Some of the Modules will be informative only; most will require a short quiz at the end.
NOTE: 91少女集中营鈥檚 passing mark is set to 85% summed across for all modules. To see your score; once you have completed the quiz, click on 鈥淕o to the Gradebook for this quiz鈥�. You may re-take modules with a low score to earn a passing score.
Call Lisa Wright @ 601-266-5997 or email lisa.a.wright@usm.edu with questions.
You can also learn more about CITI training at the Office of Research Integrity's CITI Training page.