Major - Artificial Intelligence

To be read in conjunction with the course rule requirements of the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) .

• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study

A student may complete a major sequence of 36 units in Artificial Intelligence by completing three Year 1 topics (13.5 units), two Year 2 topics (9 units) and two Year 3 topics (9 units) plus one additional topic (4.5 units) from COMP or MATH topics.

Course aims

Psychologists and Behavioural Scientists need to learn to use modern technologies that have facilitated breakthroughs in the Behavioural Sciences and the generalization to a broader Cognitive Science perspective in which the computer plays a key role in the analysis of results and the modelling of psychological theories. All approved Cognate Majors in the Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) provide background essential to specific potential roles for graduates, and assist in learning the interdisciplinary language, culture and collaborative conventions.

Learning outcomes

Graduates completing this major should be able to:

• speak the language of computer science, and participate in an informed way in the human factors, management and practical side of IT projects
• take psychological, behavioural, cognitive and neural theories and use computer modelling to explore their implications and assist in testing the theories
• demonstrate basic computer and programming skills that are part of the essential repertoire of a research psychologist.

Program of study

36 units comprising 

Major - Artificial Intelligence - Core topics

36 units comprising 

 COMP1002  Fundamentals of Computational Intelligence  (4.5 units)
 COMP1102  Computer Programming 1  (4.5 units)
 COMP1711  Database Modelling and Knowledge Engineering  (4.5 units)
 COMP2711  Computer Programming 2  (4.5 units)
 COMP2781  Computer Mathematics  (4.5 units) 
 COMP3722  Theory and Practice of Computation  (4.5 units)
 COMP3742  Intelligent Systems  (4.5 units)
 MATH1121  Mathematics 1A  (4.5 units)