‘There’s a huge market demand’: University of Utah approves new bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence
Publish Date: 2026-06-12 16:03:00
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- The University of Utah plans to introduce Utah’s first bachelor’s degree program in artificial intelligence (A.I.).
- The university has a historical connection with A.I., teaching its first course in the field in 1973.
- The first course, numbered 667, covered topics such as problem solving and machine learning.
- The university’s board of trustees has unanimously approved the new A.I. degree program.
- Students may be able to enroll in the new major as early as this fall, subject to final approval from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
