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The minor in artificial intelligence is focused primarily for students within the College of Engineering. The final course for this minor is targeted toward senior-level engineering students or other students with comparable skill sets. The minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits, including the following:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses | ||
| CMSC 225 | Essentials of Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| CMSC 436 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| MATH 310 | Linear Algebra | 3 |
| Ethics elective | ||
| Choose one of the following. | 3 | |
| Computing and Data Ethics | ||
| Introduction to Ethics | ||
| Ethics of Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Coding elective | ||
| Choose one of the following. | 3-4 | |
| Introduction to Programming for Chemical and Life Science Engineering | ||
| Computers and Programming | ||
| Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering | ||
| Advanced Engineering Programming | ||
| Elective | ||
| Choose one of the following. | 3 | |
| AI/ML in Chemical and Life Science Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Natural Language Processing | ||
| Machine Learning | ||
| Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering | ||
| Fundamentals and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging | ||
| Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation Engineering | ||
| Intelligent Autonomous Systems | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |