tsatsoul%henry.DECnet@SPACE-TECH.ARPA ("HENRY::TSATSOUL") (04/16/88)
The recent discussion on this list about AI has touched upon a subject that I thought might be interesting to pursue. Specifically, what is the state of the undergraduate AI education? It is my impression that AI is rapidly reaching that point that Computer Science had reached about 30 years ago. At that time lots of people started discussing and writing about curriculum requirements for CS degrees on all levels, resulting to today's CS departments and degrees. I am very interested in compiling a list of courses, textbooks and requirements that various Universities and Departments offer on the under- graduate level and which are considered (or can be considered) AI-oriented. Especially interesting are curricula that offer BS or BA degrees with AI specialization, or, even more, ``pure'' AI degrees. It would also be interesting to start compiling everybody's thoughts on a bachelor's in AI. What should be included? How much CS, how much engineering, how much psychology, philosophy, mathematics? What kind of different specializations and emphases? I hope there are enough people out there with enough interest to start a discussion. I volunteer to gather and distribute information from and to anyone interested. As a first step people can send me descriptions of the undergraduate AI courses and curricula in their departments. If you have the information on file, please e-mail it. Otherwise, just US-mail me catalogs, brochures, etc. Cheers, Costas Tsatsoulis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Costas Tsatsoulis | tsatsoul @ space-tech.arpa | | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering |-------------------------------| | Nichols Hall | | | The University of Kansas | H A I K U | | Lawrence, KS 66045 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------