Program Overview
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly grows across industries, UC Santa Cruz – with our connections to Silicon Valley development and innovation, as well as our focus on the ethics of emerging technologies – is an excellent place to learn about and apply AI.
AI courses are featured in the following UCSC majors: Computer Science B.S. or B.A., Computer Science: Computer Game Design, Technology and Information Management, and Computer Engineering.
UCSC is home to the innovative Generative AI Center and the AI Art Augmentation and Acceleration Lab, hosted by the Arts Division, as well as several AI-themed student organizations, such as Santa Cruz AI, the Autonomy Club, and Slugbotics.
UCSC Silicon Valley Extension also offers a professional certificate for Artificial Intelligence Application Development, where Silicon Valley industry leaders teach courses in developing software for today’s emerging business strategies.
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Career Outcomes
- AI Ethics Specialist
- AI Product Manager
- AI Research Scientist
- Computer Vision Engineer
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Robotics Engineer
These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities.
The Wall Street Journal recently ranked UCSC as the number two public university in the nation for high-paying jobs in engineering.
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