COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | T+A+L (hour/week) | Type (C / O) | Local Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life is Better with Al | KHAS 1026 | Spring | 03+00+00 | Elective | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Unit: | Department of Core Academics – Core Program |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Prerequisites: | None |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Course Unit: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | - - |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to teach how to use artificial intelligence as a tool. |
| Course Contents: | The "Life is Better with AI" course is based on the idea that artificial intelligence should be used as a tool in our lives in the same way that Google and similar search engines have been incorporated into our lives. This course is designed in two parts: The first part focuses on topics related to AI in a historical, theoretical, analysis, question/answer context. The second part aims at practice with artificial intelligence applications that are generally accessible to everyone and widely used today. With these applications, this course aims to teach how to use artificial intelligence as a tool. It is required for students to have computer skills and a computer in order to take this course. Course Content: • Tablet vs. Library vs. Google vs. AI • First Steps of AI • AI for Everyone • Prompt Engineering • Act as a/an … • AI as a Tool • Chat, Image, Video and Music AIs • AI for Science |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: | Each practice is an individual project and will be included in the grading. In addition, students are asked to develop an artificial intelligence idea for the final at the end of the semester. Thus, in this course, students will be graded on individual/group and presentation files. The course will be completed for the students with an AI idea and a presentation with a discussion. |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Tablets vs Library vs Google vs AI | |
| 3 | First Steps of AI | |
| 4 | AI for Everyone | |
| 5 | Prompt Engineering | |
| 6 | Act as a/an … | |
| 7 | AI as a Tool | |
| 8 | Research Week | |
| 9 | Chat AIs (ind, ) | Investigating Chat-based AIs |
| 10 | Image AIs | Investigating Image-based AIs |
| 11 | Video AIs | Investigating Video-based AIs |
| 12 | Music AIs | Investigating Video-based AIs |
| 13 | AI for Science | |
| 14 | Imagine an AI | Imagination after lessons and practices |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING
| • https://chat.openai.com • https://bard.google.com/chat • https://github.com/f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts/ • https://www.midjourney.com • https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai-data-science/ • https://wonderdynamics.com |
OTHER COURSE RESOURCES
| • e-Book: https://fka.gumroad.com/l/art-of-chatgpt-prompting • Psycho-Pass (2012-2019), 16+ | Animation, Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Practice / Exercise | 4 | 40 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 20 |
| Total: | 6 | 100 |
WORKLOAD
| Events | Count | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload (hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Practice / Exercise | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 83 | 83 |
| Total Workload (hour): | 125 | ||
1 ECTS = 25 Hours Workload
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
| # | PQ1 | PQ2 | PQ3 | PQ4 | PQ5 | PQ6 | PQ7 | PQ8 | PQ9 | PQ10 |
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High