Reid Simmons, Director of the BSAI program (NSH 3213)

Kaleigh Mitchell, Program Administrator (GHC 4113)

www.cs.cmu.edu/bs-in-artificial-intelligence

Overview

Carnegie Mellon University has led the world in artificial intelligence education and innovation since the field was created. It's only natural, then, that the School of Computer Science would offer the nation's first bachelor's degree in Artificial Intelligence, which started in Fall 2018.

The BSAI program gives students the in-depth knowledge needed to transform large amounts of data into actionable decisions. The program and its curriculum focus on how complex inputs — such as vision, language and huge databases — can be used to make decisions or enhance human capabilities. The curriculum includes coursework in computer science, math, statistics, computational modeling, machine learning and symbolic computation. Because Carnegie Mellon is devoted to AI for social good, students will also take courses in ethics and social responsibility, with the option to participate in independent study projects that change the world for the better — in areas like healthcare, transportation and education.

Just as AI unites disciplines from machine learning to natural language processing, instruction in the BSAI program includes faculty members from the school's Computer Science Department, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Software and Societal Systems Department, Language Technologies Institute, Machine Learning Department and Robotics Institute.

Undergraduate Programs

• B.S. in Artificial Intelligence
• Additional Major in Artificial Intelligence
• Minor in Artificial Intelligence (not available to SCS students)

How to Apply

If you're applying to CMU, you need to be accepted into the School of Computer Science. Once you're at CMU and enrolled in SCS, you can declare Artificial Intelligence in the spring of your first undergraduate year or transfer into the program no earlier than the spring of your sophomore. If you are already at CMU but not in SCS, you can apply to transfer into the program at a later date. Consult with the director or the program administrator of the BSAI program for information.