AI is reshaping industries and increasing the demand for skilled professionals. This certificate offers an online path to develop expertise in creating intelligent software bots that perform complex tasks. By earning it through Indiana University, you position yourself for careers in finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and more where AI-driven automation is changing traditional workflows.
Step into the future with AI
At a glance
Format
Online
Start dates
Fall, Spring, or Summer
16Credit hours
5Online courses
What you'll learn
You’ll learn how to develop AI-powered automation systems through courses covering programming, software bot design, and process automation. The program emphasizes both theory and hands-on practice, giving you the skills to build, analyze, and manage intelligent software bots across various industries.
Get a head start on your bachelor's degree
By completing your undergraduate certificate, you’ll not only earn a valuable credential to make an immediate impact on your career, you’ll also lay the groundwork for a bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence. Transfer your certificate into a Luddy Indianapolis bachelor’s degree.
Careers
Jobs in AI cover a wide area, including design, development, and analysis. Job titles include:
- AI-assistants developer
- Automation software engineer
- Business intelligence analyst
- RPA architect
- Software bots designer
We created this job-driven certificate in consultation with companies that expect a growing need for designers, developers, and analysts in AI.
Certificate requirements
You’ll take five online classes to earn your 16-credit Software Bots for Cognitive Automation Undergraduate Certificate.
Core courses (13 cr.)
- INFO-I 220 Social Impact of Bots and Automation
- INFO-I 319 Cognitive Automation and Bots Development
- INFO-I 419 Enterprise Cognitive Automation
Python programming (select one)
- CSCI-C 200 Introduction to Computers and Programming I
- CSCI-A 204 Intro to Programming I
- DSCI-D 210 Programming with Python 1
- INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I
Elective (3 cr., select one)
- AII-I 300 Collaborative Human–AI Systems (3 cr.)
- CSCI-A 205 Introduction to Programming II (4 cr.)
- CSCI-N 211 Introduction to Databases (3 cr.)
- DSCI-D 201 Foundations of Data Studies (3 cr., was LIS-S 201)
- DSCI-D 308 Database Design (3 cr., was INFO-I 308)
- DSCI-D 428 Web Mining (3 cr., was INFO-I 428)
- HIM-M 200 Database Design for Health Information Management (3 cr.)
- INFO-B 443 Natural Language Processing (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 223 Data Fluency (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 459 Media and Technology Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 483 Conversational User Interfaces: Experience Design and Applications (3 cr.)
- INFO-I 496 Artificial Intelligence Professional Practice 1 (3 cr.)
- NEWM-N328 Visualizing Information (3 cr.)
A minimum grade of C- is required for any course to be counted toward the certificate.
Getting started
You can earn this as a stand-alone certificate, or as part of an undergraduate degree. To get started, you’ll need to be admitted to IU Indianapolis as an undergraduate student.
Current students
Contact your advisor to add this certificate to your major.
New students
You will need to apply to IU Indianapolis as an undergraduate student.