Programme Structure

Duration and Candidature

FULL-TIME

Programme can be completed within 1 academic year (2 semesters)

Maximum candidature: 2 academic years (4 semester)

PART-TIME

Programme can be completed within 1.5 academic years (3 semesters)

Maximum candidature: 4 academic years (8 semesters)

 

Curriculum Structure

Classes will be conducted to provide flexibility for working professionals to complete the degree programme while pursuing their careers.  

The programme comprises 8 courses, including 6 courses in the common core and 2 elective courses; and a capstone project. Each course requires at least 39 hours of instruction and carries 3 to 6 academic units (AU).

 

MAIES Curriculum Structure

 

Core (18 AUs)
Students are required to take all six (6) core courses.

*Course exemptions may be granted to students with relevant prior academic qualifications or professional experience (subject to approval).

  1. AI Ethics
  2. Minds and Machine
  3. AI Contexts
  4. Technical AI Literacy
  5. Research Seminar Series
  6. Business/Policy Incubator

 

Electives (6AUs)

Students are required to select any two (2) electives.

Elective offerings may vary each semester depending on availability of instructors and resources.

  1. AI Governance and Policy
  2. AI-Mediated Communication and Well-Being
  3. Applied AI Ethics
  4. Rationality and Extreme Risk
  5. HD6014 AI in Interpretive Digital Research (cross-listed)
  6. HD6021 Democracy in the Digital Age: Tools, Truths and Tactics (cross-listed)
  7. HD6023 Culture and the Transformative Effects of AI (cross-listed)
  8. HD6024 Visual Integrity and Ethics for Digital Scholarship (cross-listed)
  9. HD6026 AI, Robots and Humans (cross-listed)
  10. TI6502 AI, ChatGPT and Machine Translation (cross-listed)

 

Capstone Project (6AUs)

Students are required to choose any one (1) of the following formats:

  1. Research Paper
  2. Policy Whitepaper
  3. Start-Up Proposal
  4. Multimedia Project