{"id":188638,"date":"2026-02-18T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree-pathway\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:00:11","slug":"sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree-pathway\/","title":{"rendered":"SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree \u2022 Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree\/\">SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree \u2022 Pathway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree\/\">https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-18 16:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"mbcpathway.com\">mbcpathway.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Southwest Baptist University has rebranded its Bachelor of Science in Data Science degree to the Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Degree.<\/li>\n<li>The program focuses on equipping students with real-world skills in AI and data-driven solutions through internships and case studies.<\/li>\n<li>The faculty and two advisory boards comprised of alumni and industry professionals ensure the program stays updated on industry needs.<\/li>\n<li>AI-related job postings have grown significantly, especially with a 100% increase noted for 2024-2025 alone according to a Brookings Institution report.<\/li>\n<li>Courses in the new program include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Processing, and Computing Ethics.<\/li>\n<li>Students can also participate in a 4+1 program option to complete both a Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree in five years.<\/li>\n<li>The new AI\/Data Science program is receiving interest from the incoming freshmen class of 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Prospective students and stakeholders are encouraged to contact undergraduate admissions for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree \u2022 Pathway https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2026\/02\/18\/sbu-announces-first-artificial-intelligence-ai-degree\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-18 16:41:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Untitled-design-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-188638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188640,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188638\/revisions\/188640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}