Pasco County university to offer AI master's degree

Saint Leo University is enhancing its presence in the AI realm, introducing a master's degree in artificial intelligence. 

The Pasco County university's AI graduate degree, launching in fall 2024, is intended to build on current degree offerings in robotics and AI, computer science and cybersecurity and will offer courses in cloud computing security, advanced computing architecture and practical application of AI. The degree classes, according to a statement, are online only and will require 30 credit hours for completion.

“This is the right time to prepare the workforce to embrace this technology,” says Vyas Krishnan, associate dean of Saint Leo’s College of Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Data Science in a the release. “We are at the stage where AI is going to be transformative. The software and technical aspects of AI are going to impact most industries in significant ways. AI also is going to improve efficiency with the way we do things. We already see them [businesses and industries] using Chat GPT to improve writing and researching.”