Artificial Intelligence Minor
The AI minor is open to undergraduate students in all Northwestern majors, except students completing a BS in Computer Science or the WCAS Computer Science major. Those students can simply complete the artificial intelligence concentration within their computer science major/degree.
At least 4 units of coursework must be unique to this minor program. These units cannot be applied to any other minor or certificate program, or the major requirements of any degree program. Such coursework may fulfill McCormick Social Sciences/Humanities (Theme), WCAS distribution requirements, or other unrestricted electives.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites (4 units) | |
| Single-Variable Differential Calculus | |
| Multivariable Differential Calculus for Engineering | |
or MATH 230-1 | Multivariable Differential Calculus |
| Linear Algebra | |
| Engineering Analysis I | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
or IEMS 303-0 | Statistics |
| Probabilistic Systems | |
or STAT 210-0 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics |
or MATH 310-1 | Probability and Stochastic Processes |
| Minor Requirements (8 units) | |
| Fundamentals of Computer Programming | |
| Fundamentals of Computer Programming 1.5 | |
| Data Structures & Algorithms | |
| Introduction to Artificial Intelligence | |
| Machine Learning | |
3 upper level electives approved for the Artificial Intelligence minor. | |
The list of upper level electives can be found on Artificial Intelligence minor website