Undergraduate Catalog

Minor in Artificial Intelligence

The EECS department offers a minor in Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is designed for non-Computer Engineering and non-Computer Science majors. It is open to all other engineering and science majors.

Program Goal

The goal of the Minor in AI program is to provide students with the needed AI knowledge and related skills to serve the UAE government agencies and industry in various engineering and science disciplines.

Learning Outcomes

A student graduating with a Minor in Artificial Intelligence will be able to:

  • Design, implement, and evaluate AI-based solutions to meet a given set of engineering and computing requirements.
  • Use techniques, skills, and tools necessary for AI-based solutions.

Program Requirements

The Minor in AI consists of 18 credit hours distributed as follows: 7 credits of Background courses; 6 credits of Core courses; 3 credits of an AI Elective course; and 2 credits of AI project.

Background Courses

ECCE 230Object-Oriented Programming

4

ECCE 342Data Structures and Algorithms

3

ECCE 230 and ECCE 342: Or equivalent.

Core Courses

COSC 330Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

3

COSC 434Introduction to Machine Learning

3

AI Elective Courses (Choose one)

COSC 430Data Analytics

3

COSC 432Algorithmic Robotics

3

AI Project

COSC 496Artificial Intelligence Project

3