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Course Requirements

Prospective Students

Curriculum

The Program of Study shall include a minimum of 30 hours of graduate course work and 3 hours of thesis credit (ARTI 7300). Of the 30 hours of course work, at least half shall consist of courses open only to graduate students.

The following courses shall be included on the Program of Study unless specifically waived for a particular student by that student's Advisory Committee and by the Graduate Coordinator:  

Deductive Systems (3 hours)

Symbolic Programming (3 hours)

Artificial Intelligence (3 hours)

Research Seminar (1 hour)

 

Select

At least 20 hours must be taken from the following groups. Of the 20 hours, 14 hours must come from group A and 6 hours must come from group B. See below:

GROUP A:

Evolutionary Computing (4 hours)

Introduction to Robotics (4 hours)

Human Computer Interaction (4 hours)

Knowledge Based Systems (4 hours)

Computational Intelligence (4 hours)

Machine Learning (4 hours)

Natural Language Processing (4 hours)

Logic and Logic Programming (4 hours)

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (4 hours)
Decision Making Under Uncertainty (4 hours)

Business Intelligence Systems (3 hours)

Advanced Forest Planning and Harvest Scheduling (3 hours)

AI and the Web (4 hours)

GROUP B:

Psycholinguistics (3 hours)

Generative Syntax (3 hours)

Philosophy of Language (3 hours)

Philosophy of Mind (3 hours)

Epistemology (max of 3 hours)

Model Theory (3 hours)
Philosophy of Math

Seminar in Philosophy of Language (max of 3 hours)

Seminar in Philosophy of Mind (max of 3 hours)

Seminar in Problems of Logic (max of 3 hours)

Cognitive Psychology (3 hours)

Judgment and Decision Making (3 hours)

 

 

*Note: Since not all courses are 4 credit hours, MSAI students routinely have more than 30 hours of regular coursework. For example, 3 four hour courses + 2 three hour courses + a 3 or 4 hour course for a total of 21 or 22 minimum, plus the 10 required hours above. Other courses may be substituted for those on the SELECT list but only under very special circumstances and with the permission of the student's Advisory Committee and the Graduate Coordinator.

 

Alternates

Students may (in certain special circumstances) use up to 6 hours from the following list to apply towards the SELECT group requirement. Permission of the Advisory Committee, Graduate Coordinator, and Course Instructor is required.

 

Directed Readings in Artificial Intelligence

Topics in Artificial Intelligence

 

*Note: It is very rare that a student is able to use the 8800 and 8000 hours to replace SELECT list course hours. Students attempting to use an alternate without prior permission from their Advisory Committee, the Course Instructor, and the Graduate Coordinator run the risk of having to fulfill the non-alternate requirements regardless of their graduation, employment, or other degree program status. The alternate hours are not for extra thesis work hours. They are for special situation independent study with a faculty member on a special AI related topic. The reason an alternate is rare is due to the fact that there are regular courses that can/should be used. Alternates are reserved for only the rarest or most special of cases.

Thesis

Students must take at least 3 hours of thesis credit.

 

Master's Thesis

 

The IAI accepts either the manuscript style thesis or the regular research style thesis. With the manuscript style thesis there is a requirement of (at least) two publications in a national level conference or journal. IC-AI, FLAIRS, and IEA-AIE are national level conferences, SE-ACM or IEEE Southesast are not.

Notes

Graduate School requirements apply in addition to the above. Exceptions to these requirements may be allowed under certain special circumstances and with appropriate approval of the student's Advisory Committee and Graduate Coordinator. Exceptions are exactly that...exceptions. They are not granted just because someone has a job, or has a lease that is up. We do not cater to the "it's better to ask forgiveness rather than seek permission" tactic. In fact, it will not be tolerated.

 

Prerequisites

As far as possible, necessary undergraduate courses are to be taken at the beginning of the student's graduate course work.

Attendance requirements

Classes are scheduled for full-time students. There are no special provisions for part-time or off-campus students.

Students are required to attend all meetings of classes for which they are registered. Absence is permitted only in cases of illness or other unforeseen emergency. Students are advised not to take personal vacations while classes are in session. This includes students who are working independently.

Last updated: 10/5/2012