AI & the Arts Certificate

The AI and the Arts Certificate enables students to combine their creative practice in dance, theatre, music, and visual or digital arts with the latest tools and techniques in Artificial Intelligence to develop hands-on computation skills with a critical foundation in aesthetics and ethics.

Certificate Requirements and Application Procedures

Requirements: Students applying to the Undergraduate Certificate in AI and the Arts must have a declared major in the College of the Arts. Students must complete 12 credits (two required gateway courses, one elective course in the student’s unit, and one elective course outside the student’s unit) and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA in all certificate courses.

Procedures: Students interested in applying for the Undergraduate Certificate in AI and the Arts should complete the online application here (https://my.admissions.ufl.edu/register/CertCEApp). 

Required Courses: View courses in the UF undergraduate catalog

Required Gateway Courses:

  • HUM 2833 Topics & Perspectives - AI, Art & Society, 3 Credits

  • HUM 2932C Algorithmic Creativity, 3 Credits 

Unit-Specific Courses: 

  • School of Theater and Dance 

    • TPA 4179C Motion Capture & Mixed Reality, 3 Credits 

      • or DIG 4930 Special Topics in DAS, 3 Credit

    • TPA 4178C AI, Data and the Performing Body, 3 Credits 

      • or DIG 4930 Special Topics in DAS, 3 Credits 

  • School of Music 

    • IDS 2935 Special Topics (Finding Your Voice in the Era of AI), 3 Credits 

    • MUT 3622 Musical Data Structures, 3 Credits 

  • School of Art and Art History 

    • ART 3670C From Fractals to Algorithms: Artmaking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, 3 Credits 

    • ART 4612C Digital Media Workshop (Experiments in ARTificial Intelligence), 3 Credits 

      • or ART 6925C Art + Technology Workshop , 3 Credits 

  • Digital Worlds Institute

    • DIG 3623 Playable Patterns: Science Storytelling with AI & Games, 3 Credits 

    • IDS 2935 Special Topics (AI + Art/Science/Fiction), 3 Credits

Questions about the courses or about applying for the program can be directed to Dr. Heidi Boisvert at hboisvert@ufl.edu.  

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