Overview

• While other colleges and universities teach coding and technology, Nazareth University's community-connected Institute for Responsible Technology and this specialized degree apply an ethical lens that future business leaders, policymakers, and other professionals need. You'll be prepared to address the challenges, risks, and workforce needs that technology such as artificial intelligence brings.
• Few institutions offer degree programs in the social and leadership aspects of artificial intelligence. Very few small colleges or universities offer any artificial intelligence programs.
• From its founding, Nazareth has been committed to social justice, has continually evolved to address societal/community needs, and challenges students to be innovators and changemakers.
• Nazareth receives national honors for immersing students in the work early and often, to be ready to meet workforce needs. Starting the first semester, Nazareth students have personal career coaches through the University's Center for Life's Work. An innovation-award-winning SPARK grant program helps cover costs for internships, research, and study abroad (including internships abroad). Extensive networks of alumni and other professionals are ready to provide experiential learning.

Highlights

• Consider race, class, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability in the use of technology, such as: How can bias be avoided in facial recognition software?
• Understand the impact of advanced technologies on major social institutions, including work, politics, health care, law, family and education, such as: What are the implications of social media algorithms and the proliferation of deep fakes for democracy? How can algorithms be used to improve health diagnostics and care? How does technology shape romantic and parenting decisions and experiences?
• Analyze the ethical, legal, and political implications of using computers, "big data," and algorithms to help humans make decisions, such as: Does using algorithms result in fairer sentencing practices than human judges? What are relevant considerations in privacy, security, and confidentiality for artificial intelligence technologies?
• Address the impact of artificial intelligence technologies on organizations and business models, such as: Do companies have a duty to workers replaced by computer systems? How might corporate social responsibility practices change or remain in companies using artificial intelligence technologies?
• Explore the future of emerging technologies, such as gaming, smart textiles, physical computing, and animal-computer interaction, such as: Do new technologies demand new ways of thinking about ethics and privacy? How can students best prepare for cutting-edge technology careers?