3 ECTS credits
84 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023836ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Computer Science
Educational team
Lynn Houthuys (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

This course provides an introduction about the role of AI and (big) data in society. Students study the issues, the influence of technology and learn to assess the applications of technology critically, but also study the way the media covers this, and how to communicate about technology with less technologically schooled people, such as policy makers.

Additional info

NA

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • Thinking analytically, abstractly and critically.
  • Being able to asses an argument from exact sciences.
  • Having familiarity with the ethical, normative and social consequences of science and technology, in particular AI.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation consists of three parts:

- 25%: Active participation in workshop
- 25%: Workshop report
- 50%: Written exam

Not participating in the workshop implies an absent mark for this course.

Students must achieve a minimum score of 7/20 for the workshop part (active participation + report), and a minimum score of 7/20 for the written exam. Otherwise, the lowest score will be considered the final result for this course.

For the second examination period there is a replacement assignment for the workshop part. If you passed one of the two components, that point will automatically be transferred to the second examination period.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Computer Science: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence: Default track (only offered in Dutch)