{"id":235376,"date":"2026-06-22T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major-theu\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:00:11","slug":"kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major-theu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major-theu\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahlert School of Computing to launch Utah\u2019s first AI major \u2013 @theU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/science-technology\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major\/\">Kahlert School of Computing to launch Utah\u2019s first AI major \u2013 @theU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/science-technology\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major\/\">https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/science-technology\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 18:43:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"attheu.utah.edu\">attheu.utah.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The University of Utah will begin offering its first bachelor\u2019s degree program in artificial intelligence (AI) starting fall 2026, pending accreditation.<\/li>\n<li>The initiative stems from the Kahlert School of Computing within the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, approved by the U Board of Trustees on June 10.<\/li>\n<li>The AI program curriculum will cover foundations in computer science, mathematics, and advance into core AI fields like machine learning, data analysis, natural language processing, computer vision, and robotics.<\/li>\n<li>The program aims to not only teach technical AI skills but also ethical and effective use of AI technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The program positions students to meet the growing demand in Utah\u2019s tech sector, which shows consistent job growth in the field.<\/li>\n<li>The new program complements and expands existing offerings within the Kahlert School, which include computer science, data science, software development, and computer engineering.<\/li>\n<li>An AI minor from the David Eccles School of Business will also be available for all U undergraduates starting this fall, focusing on AI technologies and business applications.<\/li>\n<li>An interdisciplinary AI-focused \u201cWorkplace Writing\u201d master\u2019s degree from the College of Humanities, focusing on generative AI and workplace writing, is proposed to launch in fall 2027.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kahlert School of Computing to launch Utah\u2019s first AI major \u2013 @theU https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/science-technology\/kahlert-school-of-computing-to-launch-utahs-first-ai-major\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/attheu.utah.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AI-major_feature.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-235376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235376"}],"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=235376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235378,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235376\/revisions\/235378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}