New Post-Masters in Artificial Intelligence Applications (Washington U St Louis)

[smartdegree]

Looks very interesting and good value at $2K.  It's a 15-week program that tackles highly in-demand topics.  Admission requires a prior masters degree (MBA/MS/MA/MPA/MPH/etc) and "basic knowledge of statistics and previous experience working with a statistical software package".  

https://brownschool.wustl.edu/Resources-...-Data.aspx

This is what their post-masters certificates look like:
https://archive.ph/YCBwl

Coursework includes:

Weeks 1-2 - Participants will receive an overview of artificial intelligence, learn to code in Python, use NumPy and Pandas to do data wrangling, and use Matplotlib to do data visualization. 

Weeks 3-7 – Class content will focus on machine learning techniques. We will start with an end-to-end machine learning project using Scikit-Learn. From there, we will move on to topics including classification and regression, model training and validation, support vector machines, decision trees, ensemble methods, dimensionality reduction, and unsupervised learning.

Weeks 8-15 - The final portion of the program considers deep learning techniques (i.e., neural networks). Topics covered include: neural networks for regression and classification; computer vision using Keras and TensorFlow2; advanced computer vision using fastai2, PyTorch, and IceVision; time series forecasting and recommender system using Keras, TensorFlow2, and fastai2; natural language processing using Keras and TensorFlow2; advanced natural language processing using Hugging Face; and generative deep learning for image modification and generation.

[bluebooger]

so that's only non-credit ?
but they still make you fill out an application ?

kind of sounds interesting, but also sounds expensive and not really worth it to me -- but maybe that's just for me

I'd rather do this https://www.coursera.org/specializations...ai#courses
for $50 a month

and while this is more expensive ($2980) https://courses.dce.harvard.edu/?details...&crn=16459
at least you get graduate credit for it

[ifomonay]

Interesting. Seems to be a new trend with Certificate programs requiring a Masters. Northwestern SPS has a few too. Here's one of their data science ones requiring a Masters:
https://sps.northwestern.edu/advanced-gr.../index.php

It's too expensive. It seems their target market are those who'll get reimbursed by their employers.
bluebooger is correct. If you're paying out-of-pocket, do the Coursera specializations. Then get stuff up on GitHub. Employers want to see your work than more credentials (esp if you already have a Masters).

[bjcheung77]

Yes, I think this program is a tad too expensive. If you're looking for some experience and learning, bluebooger mentioned the MOOC from Coursera, it's a suitable program for beginners who want to enhance their skill set, or you can always choose another inexpensive option to learn the ropes...