Artificial Intelligence (Taught)

Gain access to the innovative and exciting field of artificial intelligence (AI) with this conversion course.

Our PG Dip Artificial Intelligence explores practical and applied solutions that use AI technologies and tools to enhance products and services. This conversion course is designed for students without academic or professional experience in computer science, who are looking to gain the technical knowledge and skills to succeed in a field suffering from a significant skills shortage.

Your study journey begins with an overview module that will provide you with a background understanding of the theoretical concepts in the discipline. Next up, you will cover core mathematical and statistical methods and their real-world applications within this domain. Later in the course, you will study a range of specialist topics including:

machine learning and the application of algorithms to learn patterns in data and gain value from it
the core concepts and techniques used in representing knowledge and supporting reasoning for building effective AI programmes
how intelligent agents can be used to provide innovative problem-solving tools in any industry
Throughout the course you will develop a number of programs and applications, and the course will focus on the programming languages Python and R. Towards the end of your studies you will have the opportunity to advance onto a full Masters.