Program Overview

Combined Bachelor's/Master's Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence Degrees

Program Type

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Master of Science (M.S.)

Format

• On Campus

Estimated Time to Complete

• 5 years

Credit Hours

• 154

Program Description

The mission of the B.A. in Information Technology is to provide an educational program that is high quality, academically challenging and career-enriching by maintaining a balance between theoretical and experimental aspects of information technology, as well as a balance between software and hardware concepts. UNT’s Artificial Intelligence master's degree is interdisciplinary, allowing students to leverage their existing skill set and experience by combining it with AI knowledge.

Requirements

• Concentrate your coursework on a focus area such as game development, business, information security, pre-law or secondary education.
• Complete a certification from the Committee on National Security Systems.
• Earn a certificate in game programming.

Marketable Skills

• Define requirements for complex systems
• Administer networks, servers, and databases
• Compare alternative systems architectures
• Teamwork
• Web, mobile, and traditional platform development
• Code using AI programming skills
• Design, collect, and analyze data
• Solve problems with creative solutions
• Quickly grasp new concepts
• Collaborate and communicate in teams

Program Highlights

• Learn from faculty members who've been recognized by the National Science Foundation, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• Classes and research are conducted at Discovery Park, a 300-acre research facility located five miles north of the main campus and serviced by a free shuttle.
• This is the only standalone Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence in the state of Texas and is one of few nationwide.
• Alongside faculty members, you’ll prepare you for the most in-demand AI jobs by exploring areas of study such as autonomous systems, biomedical engineering, machine learning, and natural language processing.
• Teaching and research assistantships are available to help you pursue your graduate degree by providing you with a monthly stipend and may qualify you for in-state tuition rates.
• Ours is the only IT program with accreditation from the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET.

Career Opportunities

• Data and information management
• Database systems design and applications
• Network and systems security
• Software design and development
• Systems and network administration and configuration
• Teaching computer science in high schools
• The most in-demand jobs in Artificial Intelligence are data scientists, software engineers, and machine learning engineers, but career opportunities can span a wide array of disciplines.

Courses

• Foundations of Data Structures (3 hrs)
• IT Project Management (3 hrs)
• Machine Learning (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Big Data and Data Science (3 hrs)
• Data Mining (3 hrs)
• Foundations of Computing (3 hrs)