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ARTSCI 121 Artificial Intelligence and Early Career (1)
Introduces students to concepts at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and early-career development. Designed as a non-technical course for students across the arts and sciences, explores how AI is reshaping early-career expectations and incorporates perspectives from employers. Through practice using AI and reflection, students develop clearer ways to describe their learning and relationship to AI in professional settings. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 150 Arts and Sciences Learning Community (1-5, max. 15)
Small, faculty/staff-mentored learning community designed to emphasize connections across courses and majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, and connections to career and life after graduation. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 160 Arts and Humanities Seminar (5) A&H
College Edge Program seminar focused on arts and humanities subject matter. Topics vary within the arts and humanities.
ARTSCI 161 Social Sciences Seminar (5) SSc
College Edge Program seminar focused on social sciences subject matter. Topics vary within the social sciences.
ARTSCI 162 Natural Sciences Seminar (5) NSc
College Edge Program Seminar focused on natural sciences subject matter. Topics vary within the natural sciences.
ARTSCI 201 Crafting Professional Stories (1)
Develops professional identity through storytelling as a method for composing and translating academic, work, and life experiences for different audiences and opportunities. Uses introductions, resumes, applications, interviews, feedback, and revision to identify meaningful experiences, shape audience-aware stories, and communicate what students bring and why it matters. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 202 Applied Professional Practice (1)
Introduces professional practice through simulated workplace situations and challenges, with a focus on solving problems for others. Develops skills in identifying what others need, working through ambiguity, communicating, collaborating, making decisions, and responding to feedback. Uses practice and reflection to help students experiment with different approaches and understand how they can create value for others. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 203 Project-Based Internship (1-3, max. 9)
Provides a structured, project-based internship experience organized around a defined challenge or real-world organizational need. Students work with guidance to scope the challenge, develop and revise a project or contribution, collaborate with others, respond to feedback, and reflect on their professional practice. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 221 Learning with Artificial Intelligence (5, max. 20)
Shifts focus from understanding artificial intelligence (AI) as a topic to understanding oneself as a learner in relationship to AI. As a non-technical entry point, students use AI as a collaborative partner, build adaptive learning and storytelling skills, and cultivate metacognitive awareness by reflecting on how they learn, adapt, and make decisions as they engage with AI. Specific topics and themes vary by instructor expertise. Recommended: ARTSCI 121.
ARTSCI 250 Arts and Sciences Learning Community (1-5, max. 15)
Small, faculty/staff-mentored learning community designed to emphasize connections across courses and majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, and connections to career and life after graduation. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 350 Arts and Sciences Learning Community (1-5, max. 15)
Small, faculty/staff-mentored learning community designed to emphasize connections across courses and majors in the College of Arts and Sciences, and connections to career and life after graduation. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 370 Peer Leadership and Facilitation (1-5, max. 15)
Develops practice in peer leadership and facilitation by providing support and mentoring for courses, workshops, projects, and peer-learning activities. Students use observation, feedback, and reflection to strengthen their approach to leading others, facilitating learning, and taking on increasing responsibility in applied settings. Credit/no-credit only.
ARTSCI 390 Learning with an Internship (1-6, max. 18)
Provides an academic framework for learning from an internship or applied experience completed outside the course. Uses guided reflection, metacognitive practice, feedback, and analysis of experience to examine challenges and contributions, identify and articulate learning, develop professional practice stories, and transfer learning to future academic and professional contexts. Credit/no-credit only.