{"id":202521,"date":"2026-04-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to-arkansas-tech-university-curriculum\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:15:16","slug":"new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to-arkansas-tech-university-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to-arkansas-tech-university-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"New track in artificial intelligence added to Arkansas Tech University curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com\/news\/2026\/apr\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to\/\">New track in artificial intelligence added to Arkansas Tech University curriculum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com\/news\/2026\/apr\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to\/\">https:\/\/www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com\/news\/2026\/apr\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-06 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com\">www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arkansas Tech University is introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) track as part of its Bachelor of Science in Computer Science starting this fall.<\/li>\n<li>The AI option responds to high demand for specialized AI and machine learning knowledge across various industries including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, and transportation.<\/li>\n<li>Students like Logan Dawson and Juan Jose Almaraz express enthusiasm for being among the first to pursue this track, viewing AI as a tool that can lead to new creative outlooks and opportunities rather than a threat to jobs.<\/li>\n<li>The AI track will include courses like AI Fundamentals, Advanced AI, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Big Data and Cloud Computing and will also be available as electives for IT and cybersecurity students.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor Robin Ghosh highlights that AI classes will educate students not just on utilizing AI but also on its ethical implications and practical usage in the workforce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New track in artificial intelligence added to Arkansas Tech University curriculum https:\/\/www.rivervalleydemocratgazette.com\/news\/2026\/apr\/06\/new-track-in-artificial-intelligence-added-to\/ Publish Date: 2026-04-06&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/imports\/adg\/photos\/212588015_Arkansas-Tech-University-Artificial-Intelligence-Feature-March-2026_t1200.jpg?57a0c2296240c280e9492005c3cad63e7cbe80f4","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-202521","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\/202521"}],"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=202521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202523,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202521\/revisions\/202523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}