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AI Ethics Minor

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Total credits (published)
21
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The goal of this Minor program is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the ethics and politics of AI. Students will learn about the philosophical foundations of AI, core concepts in ethics and political philosophy, and how to use these tools to normatively evaluate different uses and abuses of AI.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_27fc90d8
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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Admission Criteria

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    Course Requirements

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      Core Courses (12 credits)

      Choose 1 of the following · Choose one course: · 8 items
      1. AI 111LEC
        AI & Ethics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. AI 321LEC
        AI & Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. PHI 355LEC
        Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. Choose one course:
        Not resolved to a course
      5. AI 101LEC
        AI & Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. AI 211LEC
        Technological Disruption and Diffusion
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. AI 323LEC
        AI and Social Structures
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. AI 325LEC
        AI & The Information Environment
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      One Applied Philosophical Reasoning Course (3 credits)

      5 items
      1. PHI 185LEC
        Model-Based Reasoning
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PHI 210LEC
        Introduction to Applied Ontology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. PHI 321LEC
        Philosophy of Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. PHI 323LEC
        Decision Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. PHI 434LEC
        Formal Epistemology
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      One Theories of Mind Course (3 credits)

      4 items
      1. PHI 320LEC
        Philosophy of Mind
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PHI 329LEC
        Metaphysics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. PHI 355LEC
        Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. PHI 370LEC
        Early Modern Philosophy
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      One Social and Political Perspectives Course (3 credits)

      3 items
      1. PHI 341LEC
        Social Philosophy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PHI 342LEC
        Political Philosophy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. PHI 440LEC
        Advanced Topics in Political Philosophy
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Academic Requirements

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        Source. University at Buffalo, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalogs.buffalo.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=21&poid=8453&returnto=1178. Captured page pages/0273.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.