Artificial Intelligence in Digital Culture: Undergraduate Certificate Program in Intelligent Media and Society

FAIN: AKB-279509-21

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85281-3670)
Suren Jayasuriya (Project Director: September 2020 to present)
Edward Finn (Co Project Director: May 2021 to present)
Xin Wei Sha (Co Project Director: May 2021 to present)

The development of an interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

This proposal aims to foster a transdisciplinary environment where humanities and STEM students can think critically, engage, and interact with technical and social constructions of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and systems. This grant will support the design of an undergraduate certificate program entitled “Intelligent Media and Society” at the School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University. This certificate will focus on humanistic and socio-cultural engagement with AI with a core set of classes with complementary domain knowledge including Minds and Machines; Science Fiction, Creativity and Responsibility; and Algorithmic Reading. Implementation of this certificate program includes curriculum building, development of online modules, and community/partnership development for experiential learning opportunities.