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href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/join\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Join<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-60\" style=\"background-color:#0d2b1a\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-59\" alt=\"Computer engineering students\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2026\/05\/Electrical-Computer-and-Software-Engineering-43-1-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2026\/05\/Electrical-Computer-and-Software-Engineering-43-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/ai-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2026\/05\/Electrical-Computer-and-Software-Engineering-43-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:3rem;font-weight:700;\">AI Minor<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f0f0f0;font-size:1.05rem;margin-top:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.25rem;\">Minor in Applied Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e6ac00;font-size:0.9rem;font-weight:600;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jointly offered by Computer Engineering &amp; Computer Science \u00b7 Approved by Faculty Senate, May 2026<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#1a5e2a;padding:3rem\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.8;\">This minor prepares students to understand, build, and apply intelligent systems \u2014 and is designed to be accessible across nearly all majors. It meets real industry demand while complementing existing programs like the Data Science major, with a distinct focus on algorithmic, modeling, and system-level applications of ML and AI.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-00c0aa59 wp-block-columns-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:2rem;max-width:500px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right:1px solid #2d7a40;padding:0.5rem 0;text-align:center\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e6ac00;font-size:2.4rem;font-weight:700;\">4<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ccddcc;font-size:0.85rem;\">Required Courses<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding:0.5rem 0;text-align:center\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e6ac00;font-size:2.4rem;font-weight:700;\">2<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ccddcc;font-size:0.85rem;\">Elective Courses<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"background-color:#f1f8f3;padding:4rem 3rem\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"color:#1a5e2a;font-size:2rem;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:0.75rem;\">What You Will Learn<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#555555;font-size:1rem;margin-bottom:2.5rem;\">Graduates of this minor leave with three interconnected capabilities that make them ready to contribute to AI-driven work in any field.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-37519f87 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;padding:2rem 1.75rem;border-top:4px solid #e6ac00;border-radius:4px\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e6ac00;font-size:1.6rem;line-height:1;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2460<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#1a5e2a;font-size:1.05rem;font-weight:700;margin-top:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.75rem;\">Understand AI &amp; 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