Bachelor
The Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence program is designed to meet the need for specialised industry professionals to help organisations and society make sense of the abundance of data collected every second and build autonomous solutions for a variety of applications, such as self-driving cars, facial recognition, personalised learning or voice assistants. There is a strong industry demand for artificial intelligence professionals with sound technical capabilities and a good understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.
This degree combines a professional degree with language and culture studies, enhancing professional training and career options by providing students with the opportunity to undertake studies at an overseas University.
This course provides students with the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge required to meet the demands of this exciting field. Students in the program engage in practical, hands-on learning using technologies to formulate and scope an AI problem, and design, develop, verify and validate solutions for defined problems. The program covers a broad range of current and emerging areas of artificial intelligence, including such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, image processing and natural language processing.
Career options include AI Analyst, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Specialist, Computer Vision Engineer, Natural Language Processing Engineer. Options are enhanced by international experience, making students more marketable to prospective employers, including multinational companies.
Students are required to complete 240 credit points, comprising:
Artificial Intelligence (144 credit points)
International Studies (96 credit points)
Students select the language they study at the time of enrolment, and either the Language, Culture and the Professional World pathway or the Language, Culture and Global Exchange pathway. Information relating to entry into the International Honours pathway can be found in the Information for Students section.
The Bachelor of International Studies is completed over a minimum of three years and is not offered as a separate degree; it is completed only in combination with the professional degree program.
Overseas study
In the International studies component students have the following options:
1. Language, Culture & the Professional World: includes an internship and option of a short study abroad experience (2-6 weeks) overseas.
2. Language, Culture & Global Exchange: includes an internship and a 6-month global exchange at any UTS partner university.
3. International Honours: includes a full year at a relevant partner university where students complete an honours level research project.
In the International Studies component students have the following options:
1. Language, Culture & the Professional World: includes an internship and option of a short study abroad experience (2-6 weeks) overseas.
2. Language, Culture & Global Exchange: includes an internship and a 6-month global exchange at any UTS partner university.
3. International Honours: includes a full year at a relevant partner university where students complete an honours level research project.
Industrial training is available as an additional year by concurrently enrolling in the Diploma in Information Technology Professional Practice (C20056). The diploma comprises a minimum of nine months' full-time paid work experience and supporting subjects at UTS.