INFO621-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Business

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Artificial Intelligence is transforming our world, giving power to organisations, individuals and machines. This course overviews AI technologies and techniques in the context of specific business objectives, models and industries. By analysing the latest innovative use cases, the course will provide insights into the opportunities, business and society impacts and implications of AI. Students will apply their knowledge to a real life organisation to develop a business case and an implementation plan for an AI based solution.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of AI concepts and their business applications;
2. Identify potential opportunities for strategic advantage for specific AI techniques in a business context;
3. Design and propose AI solutions;
4. Evaluate the technical and business benefits, costs and risks of AI technologies in a specific business application;
5. Discuss the impact of AI applications at the individual, organisational and society level;
6. Critically evaluate and discuss the impact of AI solutions within the bicultural Aotearoa | New Zealand and Pacific context.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00 Meremere 105 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Nelly Todorova

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Industry application report 60% Industry application report
Presentations 10% Presentations
Research Project 30% Research Project

Textbooks / Resources

Selected papers and readings will be provided on LEARN for each seminar.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,066.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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