The Artificial Intelligence specialization is our newest addition to the MSIM curriculum, designed to meet the growing demand for employees with a developed understanding of Generative Artificial Intelligence deployment, ethics, governance, and organizational integration.

This specialization is composed of classes that span the breadth of technical and non-technical subjects. To complete all courses in this specialization, knowledge of programming in Python or R will be useful. Read our FAQ to learn more about this new specialization.

Availability: Residential, daytime classes

Skills you will develop 

• Understand opportunities and challenges with generative AI systems and learn how to responsibly use, develop, and deploy generative AI systems.
• Explain and interrogate epistemic and governance risks associated with the use of generative AI, including misinformation, intellectual property theft, and bias.
• Develop a large language model-based predictive text system and learn how to audit LLMs for bias, toxicity, and hallucination.
• Develop conceptual tools for determining how and when to (or not to) deploy artificial intelligence in businesses and organizations.

Elective courses in the Artificial Intelligence specialization

The Information School is still developing this specialization. We are running five courses in 2024-25 that will introduce students to the breadth of generative artificial intelligence in theory and practice. We will be refining these courses in the coming year to finalize our specialization.

Learn more about the core, elective and Captone/practicum courses in the MSIM curriculum.

• IMT 589: Special Topics: Generative AI Ethics*
• IMT 598: Emerging Trends: Epistemological Foundations of AI*
• IMT 589: Special Topics: Implementing & Managing Artificial Intelligence Systems*
• IMT 589: Special Topics: Building and Applying Large Language Models (LLMs)**
• IMT 589: Special Topics: Responsible Artificial Intelligence***

* No prerequisites

** IMT 574 required

*** IMT 572 or IMT 573 recommended

Career outcomes

Students who specialize in Artificial Intelligence will find roles with titles including product designer, program manager for responsible AI, generative AI SME, AI researcher, and machine learning researcher.