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16 Semester Credit Hours; Curriculum: 0156

This certificate is designed to provide individuals with a solid foundation in the field of applied artificial intelligence (AI) while emphasizing a no-code approach. This certificate program equips students with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to leverage AI tools and techniques for problem-solving, data-driven decision-making and ethical AI applications across diverse industries.

Course List
Code Title Hours
CIS 102Job Search Principles and Tools1
CIS 106Foundational AI3
CIS 112AI Ethics3
CIS 119Prompt Engineering3
CIS 212No Code Machine Learning3
CIS 240Data Visualization Using Tableau3
Total Hours16

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify the fundamental concepts of AI, including its history, principles and real-world applications.
  2. Analyze the ethical challenges of AI, including bias mitigation and fairness in AI algorithms.
  3. Create effective prompts for AI models, ensuring they provide accurate and reliable results.
  4. Utilize No-Code Machine Learning tools to classify and sort data, and then train models to make valid predictions from that data.
  5. Create effective data visualizations to convey information to various audiences.
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