Professors discuss new course offerings on artificial intelligence
Professors discuss new course offerings on artificial intelligence
Publish Date: 2026-04-09 05:09:00
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With the rapid rise and development of artificial intelligence technology, the College is now offering several new courses on AI across the School of Arts and Sciences and graduate schools, according to Dartmouth News. The courses, which span a variety of degree programs and fields, center around the application and use of AI in organizational decision-making, data analysis and engineering.
Thayer School of Engineering and Tuck School of Business adjunct professor Laura Ridlehoover is currently teaching MGMT SP034: “Prototyping with AI: From Idea to Demo in Days” — a Tuck class geared towards Master’s of Business Administration students aiming to enter the technology sector — this term for the first time. The class focuses on how AI can be used in the product development process.
Ridlehoover said it is “really important” for students to understand how AI works because it’s a “tool that you’ll be expected to learn how to use.”
“Hopefully the students will become comfortable with some of these tools and … experiment with them further after the class,” Ridlehoover said.
Quantitative social science professor Herbert Chang ’18 is currently teaching QSS 045: “AI Machine Learning for Social Science,” which introduces students to different data analysis techniques used to detect misinformation in AI-generated material. The class teaches students traditional coding before shifting to teaching students to train AI agents to code.
Chang first taught the class in 2024 but “overhauled” the syllabus this year to include content on agentic coding, in which AI agents are programmed to complete complex tasks he said.
“It is imperative that these new ways of coding and doing data science are being taught to students,” Chang said.
While Chang said he thought the College is headed in a “good direction” by “going all into AI,” he emphasized…
