Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Ethics (Minor)

Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Ethics Studies Minor Curriculum (18 Credits)

• AILE 1015 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Literacy 3 Credit(s)
• AILE 1025 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Ethics 3 Credit(s)
• AILE 2215 - Representations of AI in Literature, Film, and Television 3 Credit(s)
• AILE 3300 - Artificial Intelligence Writing 3 Credit(s)
• AILE 4560 - Special Topics in AI Literacy and Ethics 3 Credit(s)
• AILE 4815 - Field-Specific AI Applications 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits, Minor: 18

Program Learning Outcomes

• Evaluate and critically analyze generative AI systems across multiple contexts, understanding their capabilities, limitations, and potential biases at both foundational and advanced levels. Students will be able to make informed, context-specific decisions about when and how to use AI tools and guide others in responsible AI adoption across personal, professional, and creative domains.
• Analyze and contribute to ongoing discourse on the ethical dimensions of AI, engaging deeply with issues including intellectual property, privacy, algorithmic bias, environmental impact, and labor displacement. Students will be able to apply ethical frameworks across contexts, lead conversations about AI governance, and develop guidelines or policies for responsible AI deployment in their fields.
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in collaborating with AI tools across multiple modalities (text, image, audio), including the ability to design sophisticated prompts, critically evaluate and refine outputs, and develop integrated workflows. Students will be able to articulate the processes of human-AI partnership and maintain appropriate boundaries between AI assistance and human creativity, judgment, and accountability.
• Synthesize knowledge of AI across technical, cultural, historical, and disciplinary perspectives, analyzing how media and cultural narratives of AI both reflect and influence technological development. Students will be able to recognize how AI applications transform different fields of study and professional practice, contribute original analysis at the intersection of technology and the humanities, and demonstrate the ability to integrate insights across technical and humanistic disciplines.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how AI tools affect writing processes, authorship, voice, and audience relationships. Students will be able to articulate the theoretical implications of AI assistance for knowledge production, evaluate the rhetorical affordances and constraints of different AI systems, and make principled decisions about AI integration in academic, professional, and creative writing contexts.