Innovative Transdisciplinary Studies Major, BS in Innovative Transdisciplinary Studies - Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration

Campus: Knoxville, Distance Education

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 101* - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• CECS 101* - Design Your Career, Design Your Degree 3 Credit Hours

Term 2

• Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102* - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 102 - Introduction to Team Science 3 Credit Hours

Term 3

• ² Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 201 - Transdisciplinary Data Analytics for Decision Making 3 Credit Hours

Term 4

• Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Oral Communication (OC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Written Communication (WC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Select one CECS certificate course (3 credit hours)
  CECS Certificates (See list of certificates below)

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 202 - Transdisciplinary Thinking and Innovation 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• Applied Oral Communication (AOC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• CECS Certificates (See list of certificates below)
  Select one CECS certificate course 3 credit hours

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 301 - Transdisciplinary Problem Solving 3 Credit Hours

• ³ Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration Course

• HCI 201 - Foundations of Intelligent Systems and Human Interaction 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Select one CECS certificate course 3 credit hours
  CECS Certificates (See list of certificates below)

• CECS 399 - CECS Transdisciplinary Capstone 3 Credit Hours

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• Select One:

• CECS 375 - Internship in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 385 - Transdisciplinary Research Methods in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours

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• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 302 - Transdisciplinary Research Methods 3 Credit Hours

• ³ Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration Course

• AI 102* - Natural Language-based Programming Techniques 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
• Select two CECS certificate courses 6 credit hours
  CECS Certificates (See list of certificates below)

• ¹ ITS Core Course

• ITS 401 - Advance Transdisciplinary Research Concepts 3 Credit Hours

• ³ Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration Course

• DSGN 150* - The Idea of Design 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• Select two CECS certificate courses 6 credit hours
  CECS Certificates (See list of certificates below)

• Select One:

• CECS 475 - Senior Internship in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours
• CECS 485 - Transdisciplinary Research Projects in Emerging Technologies 3 Credit Hours

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  ¹ ITS Core Course

• CECS 499 - CECS Senior Transdisciplinary Capstone 3 Credit Hours

• ³ Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration Course

• INSC 311 - User-Centered Design 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 121

Footnotes:

1. All students must complete the following ITS core courses: CECS 101* , ITS 102 , ITS 201 , ITS 202 , ITS 301 , ITS 302 , CECS 399 , ITS 401 , and CECS 499 .
2. COAD 130*   / COAD 430*  are recommended, but students may select any EI course to satisfy this requirement.
3. Concentration requirement. See Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration Requirements below for additional information.
4. Students enrolled in the BSITS - Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration cannot use the required concentration courses to satisfy the certificate course requirement and are not eligible to earn the Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction certificate as part of the BSITS - Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration degree program.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

CECS Certificates

Applied Artificial Intelligence Certificate 
Applied Computing Certificate  
Applied Cybersecurity Certificate  
Artificial Intelligence Integration in Music Certificate  
Artificial Intelligence and Medicine Certificate 
Bioinformatics Certificate  
Data Science Certificate 
Data Science and Medicine Certificate  
Game Craft Certificate 
Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Certificate  
Literacy on Emerging Topics Certificate 
Professional Advancement Through Hands-On Learning Certificate 
Sport Analytics Certificate   
Sustainable Development Certificate  

Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction Concentration

The Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction concentration consists of 12 credit hours of required coursework.  To satisfy the Human-Intelligent Systems Interaction concentration requirements, students must complete the following courses:

• AI 102* - Natural Language-based Programming Techniques 3 Credit Hours
• DSGN 150* - The Idea of Design 3 Credit Hours
• HCI 201 - Foundations of Intelligent Systems and Human Interaction 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 311 - User-Centered Design 3 Credit Hours