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Program quick facts
Course Delivery
100% Online
Total Credits
16
Campuses Hosting
- Indianapolis
Degree Type
Undergraduate Certificate
Degree overview
AI is everywhere. Whether you work directly in a computing field or not, it's becoming more and more essential to understand its uses, limitations, and wide-reaching implications. Here, you can better learn how to use AI as a tool that works for your and your career or education.
You can complete this certificate 100% online. Upon completion, you can also count your credits toward IU's Bachelor of Arts in Artificial Intelligence.
Even if you decide not to move forward with a degree, you’ll finish with an Indiana University certificate respected by employers worldwide—and you can work on yours anytime and anywhere. Plus, you’ll enjoy personalized support services throughout your academic journey.
To be admitted to the Undergraduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence program, you must complete an IU Online application. We will reach out to you as soon as we can.
While AI knowledge is relevant in nearly every sector of the workforce, some specific AI positions include:
- Artificial intelligence specialist
- Business intelligence analyst
- Cloud engineer
- Data scientist
- Machine learning engineer
First, you’ll need to be admitted to IU Online or any IU campus as an undergraduate student. You’ll take five courses to earn your 16-hour certificate, meaning you can complete the certificate in three semesters. You must maintain a C- or higher for all five courses and maintain a 2.0 GPA.
Required Courses (13 cr.):
- AII-I 100 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3 cr.)
- DSCI-D 201 Foundations of Data Studies (3 cr., was LIS-S 201) or INFO-I 223 Data Fluency (3 cr.)
- AII-I 300 Collaborative Human-AI Systems (3 cr.)
- Programming (4 cr.)
Select (1) one python course from below:
- CSCI-C 200 Introduction to Computers and Programming I (4 cr.)
- CSCI-A 204 Introduction to Programming I (4 cr.)
- INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
- DSCI-D 210 Programming with Python 1 (4 cr., was INFO-B 210)
Electives (3 cr.):
Select (1) one AI course from below:
- INFO-I 220 Software Bots for Cognitive Automation (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 308 Information Representation (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 319 Cognitive Automation and Bots Development (3 cr.) *
- NEWM-N 328 Visualizing Information (3 cr.)
- DSCI-D 415 Introduction to Statistical Learning (3 cr., was INFO-I 415) *
- DSCI-D 416 Cloud Computing for Data Science (3 cr., was INFO-I 416) *
- DSCI-D 418 Deep Learning Neural Networks (3 cr., was INFO-I 418)*
- INFO-I 419 Enterprise Cognitive Automation (3 cr.) *
- INFO-I 421 Applications of Data Mining (3 cr.) *
- DSCI-D 428 Web Mining (3 cr., was INFO-I 428) *
- INFO-I 459 Media and Technology Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 467 Internet-of-Things Interface Design for Business Innovation (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 483 Conversational User Interfaces: Experience Design and Applications (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 496 Artificial Intelligence Professional Practice 1 (3 cr.)
Prerequisites to this course are outside the certificate coursework. NOTE: Eight of the courses listed require no prerequisite outside your certificate coursework.
Program cost information
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Program cost can vary by campus, resident status, and type of program. Use the resources below to get accurate cost estimates for your specific situation.
Contact Student Financial Services at iuosfs@iu.edu for cost information.
Note: This program is not eligible for financial aid.
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