Artificial Intelligence in Business

The curriculum is designed for returning CIS, business, marketing, and data analytics professionals with industry experience or students who have completed CIS courses. A CIS certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Business will provide students with the knowledge and skills to obtain jobs in the areas of data science, data analysis, data mining, text mining, business intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence research. Students will learn how to make business decisions using different machine learning algorithms and deep learning prediction models of different complexities. Students will learn how to use natural language processing to better understand customer intent through sentiment analysis and gather market intelligence.

Certificate Requirements:
Required Courses:

CISB 61 - Machine Learning in Business (3.5Units)
CISB 62 – Deep Learning in Business (3.5Units)
CISB 63 – Natural Language Processing in Business (3.5 Units)

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Students completing this certificate will use different machine learning algorithms, deep learning prediction models, and natural language processing techniques to make effective business decisions.

The goals and objectives for the courses offered to obtain this certificate will give students the basic skills needed to obtain one of several specialized positions.

Student Learning Outcomes for the Artificial Intelligence in Business Certificate:

Students completing this certificate will use different machine learning algorithms, deep learning prediction models, and natural language processing techniques to make effective business decisions.

 The curriculum is designed for returning CIS, business, marketing, and data analytics professionals with industry experience or students who have completed CIS courses. A CIS certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Business will provide students with the knowledge and skills to obtain jobs in the areas of data science, data analysis, data mining, text mining, business intelligence,machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence research. Students will learn how to make business decisions using different machine learning algorithms and deep learning prediction models of different complexities. Students will learn howto use natural language processing to better understand customer intent through sentiment analysis and gather market intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence is a fast-growing technology that enables companies to make effective business decisions based upon the analysis of large amounts of internal and external data. It is a high job-growth field.  The CIS department already has the instructors, facilities and equipment to offer this course.

Students completing this certificate will use different machine learning algorithms, deep learning prediction models, and natural language processing techniques to make effective business decisions.

The goals and objectives for the courses offered to obtain this certificate will give students the basic skills needed to obtain one of several specialized positions.

Discussions proposing a Artificial Intelligence in Business program emerged during Advisory Committee meetings for the Computer Information Systems Department.  The Center of Excellence prepared an Artificial Intelligence for Business Labor Market report, dated March 2020 (Attached).  The LA/ Orange County Center of Excellence recommendation was strong for this certificate:

Based on the data, it appears there is an unmet need for Artificial Intelligence for Business workers in Los Angeles County. This finding is based on the following:

Over the last twelve months, there were 5,517 online job postings for artificial intelligence-related jobs. Entry-level positions account for 442 (8%) online artificial intelligence-related job postings.

The highest number job postings were for data engineer, data scientist, and software development engineer.

Of the 442 entry-level job postings, 75% listed a minimum education requirement. The majority of job postings were looking for job candidates with a bachelor’s degree. Only nine entry-level job postings were looking for individuals with an associate degree. Common entry-level job titles include: data center technician, junior data engineer, systems engineer, and junior data analyst.

Job postings for entry-level AI-related positions offer a strong wage for qualified candidates as nearly 75% (41) of job postings with wage information were offering wages above $75,000 per year. Of the job postings with wage information, the mean real-time salary was $98,000 and the median real-time salary was $103,000.

Currently, there is no community colleges in Los Angeles and Orange counties that offer a similar certificate.