Applied AI (BS)

Program requirements for the Applied AI (BS) degree.

University Core – 37 credits

Area I: Writing (6)

  • ENG 101 English Composition I
  • ENG 102 English Composition II: Research & Argument

Area II: Quantitative Reasoning (7)

  • MAT 171 Calculus I (4)
  • MAT 251 Linear Algebra (3)

Area III: Computing & Information Literacy (6)

  • UNI 110 Information Literacy & Research (3)
  • UNI 120 Data & AI Literacy (3)

Area IV: Communication (3)

  • COM 110 Public Speaking / Professional Communication (3)

Area V: Civics/Global/Ethics (9)

  • POL 101 American Government (3)
  • PHI 120 Ethics (3)
  • GEO 120 Global Systems & Cultures (3)

Area VI: Humanities/Social Science/Arts (6)

  • Choose any two 3-credit courses from College of Arts & Humanities, College of Social &
  • Behavioral Sciences, College of Creative & Performing Arts

Computing Core – 24 credits

  • CSC 110 Programming I (3)
  • CSC 120 Programming II (3)
  • CSC 210 Data Structures (3)
  • CSC 220 Discrete Mathematics (3)
  • CSC 230 Computer Systems (3)
  • CSC 240 Databases (3)
  • CSC 250 Networks (3)
  • CSC 260 Software Engineering (3)

Major Requirements – 39 Credits

  • AIT 201 Applied AI Foundations (3)
  • STA 301 Probability & Statistics (3)
  • AIT 310 Machine Learning I (3)
  • AIT 320 Deep Learning (3)
  • AIT 330 NLP (3)
  • AIT 340 Computer Vision (3)
  • AIT 350 AI Deployment (MLOps) (3)
  • AIT 360 Responsible AI (3)
  • AIT 410 Reinforcement Learning (3)
  • AIT 420 Generative AI Systems (3)
  • AIT 430 Multimodal AI (3)
  • AIT 440 AI Security & Adversarial ML (3)
  • AIT 490 AI Capstone (3)

Electives – 20 credits

  • 9 credits upper-division (300–400 level) College of Computing & Data Sciences and/or
  • College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences
  • 11 credits free electives