Program Details
Graduates of the Artificial Intelligence Analysis, Design and Implementation program will enter the workforce with a specialized skill set that includes the ability to:
- Analyze, design, and implement AI systems using systematic methodologies to meet organizational needs.
- Develop AI models that leverage enterprise data to identify patterns, provide insights, recommend actions, or perform tasks autonomously.
- Prepare and communicate analyses, reports, and recommendations in various formats for different audiences and stakeholders.
- Conduct research, data analysis, model development, and solution deployment ethically, ensuring privacy, confidentiality, transparency, and data integrity.
- Apply project management tools to deliver AI systems on time and within budget.
- Implement AI solutions in compliance with corporate policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Analyze, design, and implement artificial intelligence systems through the application of systematic approaches and methodologies to meet organizational needs.
- Develop artificial intelligence models and agents that use enterprise data to identify patterns, provide insights, recommend actions, or perform tasks autonomously on behalf of stakeholders.
- Prepare and communicate analysis, reports, and recommendations, in a variety of formats, for various audiences, stakeholders and purposes.
- Conduct research, data analysis, model development, and solution deployment in an ethical manner that protects privacy, confidentiality, addresses data bias and transparency, and ensures data integrity.
- Apply project management principles and lifecycle management strategies to implement artificial intelligence systems on time and budget.
- Implement artificial intelligence solutions in compliance with corporate policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations with an understanding of risk, fiscal and legal implications.
Admission Requirements
- Diploma or degree
- Proof of English language proficiency required
OR
- A minimum of three years of related industry experience detailed in a professional resumé with a letter of intent may be considered
- Proof of English language proficiency required
Applicants who are internationally educated in a non‐English speaking country must meet Durham College’s
Note: This is a graduate-level program and requires a strong aptitude for mathematics, statistics, computer programming, computer software and enterprise systems. Applicants should possess a high level of comfort in these essential areas to apply.
Career Options
WHAT YOU COULD BE:
- Data analyst
- AI analyst/technologist
- Machine learning analyst/technologist
- Business transformation consultant
- Business analyst
- Data steward
- Data engineer
- Machine learning practitioner/engineer
- AI system developer
WHERE YOU COULD WORK:
- Technology companies
- Start-up and early-stage entrepreneurial companies
- Financial services providers
- Telecommunications companies
- Manufacturing organizations
Experiential Learning
Applied Research: Students will have the opportunity to engage in applied research with the Durham College Hub for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence for Business Solutions, better known as the AI Hub.
Capstone projects: All students will complete two diverse capstone projects – one per semester – to apply their classroom learning to tangible, real-world challenges. In the first, they will use strategy games as a foundation to teach an AI system (an agent in AI terms) to operate in a complex environment and achieve strategic goals. In the second, students will work with bleeding edge Deep Learning algorithms and frameworks to build upon concepts exercised in their first capstone. This will allow them to tackle highly complex problems with more advanced solutions.
Optional work term: Students who meet all academic requirements will be eligible to pursue an optional work term in a formal work environment or entrepreneurial endeavor. Entrance to the work term option is limited, and the processes for securing a work term position are competitive. The work term will be similar in length to an academic semester and typically involves full-time work hours that may be paid or unpaid.
Participating in the optional work term semester is an excellent way to build your professional network, explore career paths and apply in-class teachings to real work situations.
Students in the Artificial Intelligence Analysis, Design and Implementation graduate certificate program will be invited to apply to the optional work term semester during their first academic semester. Entrance to the optional work term semester is limited and the processes for securing a work term are competitive. Students who qualify for the optional work term semester will be eligible to complete a four-month, paid work term after academic semester 2.
Supports are available through the Experiential Learning office to assist students with securing their work terms. In addition, the Experiential Learning office is in contact with work term students and their employers during the work terms to help with any questions.
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