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Artificial Intelligence MBA Specialization

This accessible, low-code program empowers future managers to understand how to apply AI strategically to innovate and streamline business processes. At the end of this program, students will be able to articulate business use cases for different AI models (ChatGPT, predictive modeling, etc.) and their limitations, understand the foundation of those tools, methods to leverage AI both creatively and strategically, and how to ethically implement and optimize an AI strategy for a business.

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Artificial Intelligence MBA Specialization course descriptions

All Rize MBA Specialization Programs, including AI, are designed to be taken in any order as to create maximum flexibility when it comes to adoption. These courses do not stack. Depending on your MBA program requirements, all students must complete the 3-4 courses below.

Generative AI for Managers

Generative AI (GAI) is ushering in a new age of productivity in business, and managers who ineffectively adopt it risk being outpaced by forward-thinking competitors. This course equips students to drive impact in any industry using GAI tools. You’ll learn to engineer effective prompts, integrate AI into workflows, and develop innovative GAI solutions, as well as explore ethical considerations and future trends.

Business Use Cases for AI Models

Just like you wouldn’t use a financial model to drive a marketing campaign, different business use cases require different AI tools. In this course, students will explore the potential and limitations of AI technologies, learning to identify business problems suitable for AI solutions and build effective AI implementation strategies. By the end of this course, students will address key challenges and solutions in AI implementation.

AI Governance and Ethics

Alongside powerful data-driven solutions, AI opens a Pandora's box of ethical issues: data privacy, bias, transparency, and balancing automation with human oversight. AI governance may be the biggest ethical issue of our time, something essential for any manager to understand before implementing this new technology. Students will develop AI policies for ethics and compliance, mitigate AI-related risks, and communicate governance standards to stakeholders.

Managing AI Projects

AI projects can help predict trends and optimize operations, allowing businesses to understand not just what has happened but what will happen—and what should be done about it. By the end of this course, students will be prepared to drive financial and operational impact by managing AI project lifecycles: developing comprehensive project plans, managing data and models, ensuring effective deployment, and communicating progress and outcomes to stakeholders.

Subject Matter Expert: Dr. Risto Miikkulainen
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and VP of AI Research at Cognizant Advanced AI Labs 
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Rize MBA specializations leverage the courses you already have:

Our Academic Partners will work directly with you to build a unique MBA program with specializations, leveraging and integrating courses you already have in your catalog.
A potential AI MBA specialization could look like this:
Example core courses from your institution
Managerial Economics
Financial Analysis
Quantitative Business Analysis
Strategic Management
Legal Environment of Business
Innovative Decision Making
AI MBA Specialization courses from Rize
Generative AI for Managers
Business Use Cases for AI Models
AI Governance and Ethics
Managing AI Projects

Why AI?

According to PwC’s 2024 Global AI Jobs Barometer, sectors that benefit from AI are experiencing almost 5x higher growth in labor productivity. Postings for AI jobs are growing 3.5x faster than average, meaning that for every AI job posting in 2012, there are now seven job postings. AI skills are becoming more important than job experience. Furthermore, AI ranked in the top five in skills employers most want to see out of graduates across industries.

But where does it come into play with an MBA degree? At the core of all successful businesses is the need to make informed decisions—which require data. Today, the sheer volume of data exceeds human capacity to comprehend, making AI a necessity to parse it into meaningful insights. It’s the future of all complex decision making. And those who can make the best and most informed guesses will command that future.

Why the Rize MBA AI Program?

Strategic and Managerial Focus

Rize’s AI program teaches MBA students to bridge the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring successful AI adoption and implementation.

Accessibility and Inclusivity

This AI specialization is designed to be low-code and accessible, giving our students literacy in the technical subjects they’ll need to successfully manage AI projects. AI is a diverse field with impact across almost every industry. While those who code and develop AI models play a huge role, it is equally important to have leaders who can ethically guide, manage, and maintain AI projects, identify opportunities for AI in various sectors, and take on the herculean task of keeping updated on this field.

Cutting through the hype of AI

Foundational technical literacy equips graduates with the skills to critically evaluate technical solutions. They can identify when something isn’t working as expected and ask the right questions, or detect inaccuracies or inefficiencies in data analysis, ensuring high standards of accuracy and reliability.

Future-proof skills

When we look to the future, as AI continues to evolve, it’s not far-fetched to envision AI coding itself. Future-proof skills in problem-solving, technical literacy, and strategic management will ensure graduates can adapt and thrive in changing environments.

Getting started...

One, flat subscription fee grants access to all 5 specializations with our new MBA bundle. Leveraging 8-week, online, asynchronous courses, the bundle will provide you, and your students, the flexibility and agility to stay on the cutting edge of new offerings and labor market needs.

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