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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Innovation - Major


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Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Innovation is an interdisciplinary major combining elements of business, artificial intelligence, leadership, and innovation. This program will give students an understanding of the creativity and innovation needed to identify beneficial artificial intelligence opportunities within a firm or organization. Students will learn how to be change agents and develop an innovative mindset to create leading edge solutions for an organization.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Analyze situations and apply the relevant principles from various business disciplines to develop innovative strategies for organizations.
  • Demonstrate a high-level of written, oral, and visual communication skills in a variety of academic and professional settings with peers, supervisors, and instructors. 
  • Perform situational analysis and demonstrate the use and appropriate application of current data science and artificial intelligence concepts and practices. 
  • Apply ethical and moral theory to identify opportunities and challenges in business and digital innovation, evaluate the options and determine potential actions and their consequences. 
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the ability for machine learning and artificial intelligence to contribute to the achievement of operational and strategic goals. 
  • Implement artificial intelligence solutions applying leadership, team building, and project management skills.

BAII Sample Program


Fall Semester, 1st Year Spring Semester, 1st Year
ACS 101 Academic and College Success   1 ENGW 102 Argument and Research   3
ENGW 101 Exposition    3 ECO 103 Principles of Macroeconomics   3
ECO.Q 102 Principles of Microeconomics  (1) 3 BLDR 202 Data Analysis and Decision Making   3
PEQ (2) 3 TAS 239 Can Computers Think? an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   3
BLDR 212 Introduction to Leadership   3 PEQ (3) 3
TAS 211 Revolutionary Computing: Programming and Problem Solving for a Better World   3    
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 15
 
Fall Semester, 2nd Year Spring Semester, 2nd Year
BLDR 233 Organizational Inquiry and Creativity   3 BLDR 215 Career Exploration and Development: From Insight to Impact and Innovation /AND BLDR 215L Career Exploration, Development and Preparation Lab   4
MKT 216 Principles of Marketing   3 BLDR 223 Teamwork and Collaboration   3
TAS 251 Artificial Intelligence and Data Ethics   3 PEQ with lab (7) 4
PEQ (4) 3 PEQ (8) 3
PEQ (5) 3 Liberal Arts Elective (1) 3
    Health & Wellness 0
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 17
 
Fall Semester, 3rd Year Spring Semester, 3rd Year
ACT 209 Principles of Accounting I    3 ACT 264 Managerial Uses of Accounting Information   3
BLDR 323 Talent Development for High Performance Organizations   3 BAII 433 AI Strategy and Process Improvement   3
ECO 349G International Business and Economics   3 Integrative Studies (IS-1) 3
Liberal Arts Elective (2) 3 Integrative Studies (IS-2) 3
Liberal Arts Elective (3) 3 Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15
 
Fall Semester, 4th Year Spring Semester, 4th Year
BAII 443 Artificial Intelligence Project Leadership    3 TAS 449 Technology, AI, and Society Capstone   3
BAII 483 Business, Artificial Intelligence, and Innovation Internship   3 Liberal Arts Elective (BLDR 410  recommended) 3
CME 050 Core Milestone Experience   0 Elective 3
FIN 349 Corporate Finance   3 Elective 3
Elective 3 Elective 3
Integrative Studies (IS-3) 3    
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

 

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