Last modified: 11 Aug 2025 09:46
The course provides an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). It discusses fundamental problems of AI and their computational solution via key concepts.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course provides an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). It discusses fundamental problems of AI and their computational solution via key concepts.
Content: Introduction and Agents; Uninformed search. Search; Informed search; Adversarial Search; Constraint Satisfaction Problems; Logical Agents, propositional reasoning; Probabilistic Reasoning under Uncertainty; Planning; Symbolic Machine Learning; Neural Nets.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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In-class test worth 20% of the overall grade. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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2 hour exam - December exam diet Written feedback |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to analyze and evaluate proposed AI solutions in their context |
| Reflection | Create | Ability to apply AI concepts, techniques, and tools to creatively solve problems |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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Python Programming Assignment worth 30% of the overall grade. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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Exam (2 hours). Best of (resit exam mark) or (resit exam mark with carried forward continuous assessment mark). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Create | Ability to apply AI concepts, techniques, and tools to creatively solve problems |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to analyze and evaluate proposed AI solutions in their context |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understanding of major issues, problems, solutions, and concepts in AI |
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