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Thank you for writing this article that provided great insights into UCSD and also it's new Artificial Intelligence major. It's amazing that UCSD was able to pull this together at such an early stage of commercial interest in AI.

For comparison, UCI does not have a separate AI degree. They do have a comparable Intelligent Systems specialization, but the pathway is not as clear.
This worksheet has the specialization requirements at UCI. The UCSD breadth on AI classes is wider.

This would be an example at UCI:

University of California, Irvine — B.S. Computer Science, Intelligent Systems Specialization
Relevant Coursework:

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (COMPSCI 171)
• Machine Learning & Data Mining (COMPSCI 178)
• Project in Artificial Intelligence (COMPSCI 175)
• Information Retrieval (COMPSCI 121)
• Applications of Probability in CS (COMPSCI 177)
• Graph Algorithms (COMPSCI 163)

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UCSD has more classes geared toward a general AI degree, though UCI does have a visual computer specialization that is separate from intelligent systems, so UCSD offers a broader base of AI knowledge instead of the traditional core base of computer systems knowledge:

Probabilistic & Decision Inference
CSE 150A – Introduction to AI: Probabilistic Reasoning & Decision-Making — in-depth treatment of probabilistic models and decision processes.

Deep & Specialized Learning
CSE 151B – Deep Learning — modern neural architectures and training frameworks.

Computer Vision Sequence
CSE 152A/B – Intro to Computer Vision I & II — structured vision sequence.

Natural Language & Systems
CSE 156 – Statistical Natural Language Processing — focused NLP methods.

Cross-Disciplinary AI Electives
Cognitive science machine learning (COGS 118A/B/C) — integrated computational and cognitive perspectives.

AI and Society / Ethics
Required ethics coursework tailored to AI impacts.