Program Details
The Minor in Artificial Intelligence is administered by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The minor provides students with a foundation in artificial intelligence that applies to many disciplines and also provides opportunities for students in industry or government, as well as prepare students for graduate-level study in artificial intelligence.
The minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University other than the Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or the Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering or the Bachelor of Science Degree in Computational Data Science, or the Bachelor of Science Degree in Data Science. The minor is not available to students with a Minor in Computer Science. With the approval of the department and college that administers the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.
Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minor must apply to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The minimum criteria for acceptance are the completion of Computer Science and Engineering 231 and 260 with a minimum grade in each of those two courses of 3.0. Enrollment may be limited. Calculus I is an implied component of the Artificial Intelligence Minor, since the course is a prerequisite for a required course in the Minor.
Requirements
Complete a minimum of 22 credits from the following:
- All of the following courses (19 credits):
- CSE 231: Introduction to Programming I - 4 cr
- CSE 232: Introduction to Programming II - 4 cr
- CSE 260: Discrete Structures in Computer Science - 4 cr
- CSE 300: Social, Ethical, and Professional Issues in Computing - 1 cr
- CSE 331: Algorithms and Data Structures - 3 cr
- CSE 345: Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence - 3 cr
- One of the following courses (3 credits):
- CSE 402: Biometrics and Pattern Recognition - 3 cr
- CSE 404: Introduction to Machine Learning - 3 cr
- CSE 434: Autonomous Vehicles - 3 cr
- CSE 440: Artificial Intelligence - 3 cr
- CSE 446: AI Agents - 3 cr
- MTH 483: Mathematical Machine Learning - 3 cr
When to Apply
The student should complete this application at the end of the semester in which the acceptance criteria given below will be met. Students must list their grades in both CSE 231 and CSE 260 on the application. If one of these courses is being completed during the current semester, students should submit the application on the day the grade is posted. The CSE Department will make the acceptance decision by the end of the first week of the following semester. Acceptance may be limited by available resources.