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Minor in Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Program(s) Available: Minor

Employers across various fields, from design, marketing and engineering to business recognize the advantages of artificial intelligence (AI), even if its full potential isn’t fully understood. Submitting your resume with a minor in applied AI will impress potential employers and showcase your understanding of emerging technologies. 

Why study applied artificial intelligence at Northwest

Pursuing Northwest’s minor in applied AI allows you to explore its integration across sectors and impact on communities. Furthermore, mastering AI tools will make you a valuable asset, opening up numerous career opportunities. Read on for more advantages.

  • Future-proofing your education: AI is transforming every profession. Understanding how to leverage AI tools, evaluate their outputs and recognize their limitations provides insurance against job displacement. It opens doors to emerging roles that blend human expertise with AI capabilities. 
  • Interdisciplinary problem-solving advantage: The most valuable innovations happen at the intersection of disciplines. This minor teaches you to bridge technical understanding with domain knowledge, positioning you to identify unique applications and solutions that specialists in either field might miss. 
  • Early adopter opportunity: We're at the beginning of a transformative technology wave. Those who develop AI literacy now will have a significant head start in shaping how these technologies are implemented in their chosen fields rather than merely reacting to changes imposed by others.

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What classes you’ll take

Required Courses (15 hours)

  • CSIS 44122 Introduction to Applied AI
  • ENGL 10252 Prompt Engineering & Process
  • MGMT 54302 AI in the Workplace
  • POLS 34312 The Ethical and Political Challenges of AI
  • CSIS 44430 Capstone in AI

Elective Courses (9 hours)

  • CSIS 44155 Introduction to Data Science and Data Mining (3 hours)
  • CSIS 44181 Introduction to Cybersecurity (3 hours)
  • CSIS 44413 Visualization (3 hours)
  • CSIS 44442 Generative AI for Technologists (3 hours)
  • CSIS 44566 Machine Learning (3 hours)
  • ENGL 10430 Digital Literacy (3 hours)
  • HIST 33302 Digital Humanities (3 hours)
  • MATH 17114 General Statistics (3 hours)
  • MATH 17311 Linear Algebra (3 hours)
  • MATH 17316 Linear Statistical Models I (3 hours)
  • MATH 17356 Data Mining with Applications to Business and Sciences (3 hours)
  • MATH 17472 Time Series Forecasting (3 hours)

Program outcomes

  • Utilize AI to enhance efficiency and accuracy in performing specific tasks. 
  • Develop and assess effective prompts to optimize AI outputs. 
  • Apply a range of generative AI tools across diverse input and output formats. 
  • Recognize and evaluate ethical considerations of AI in everyday applications. 

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