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2025年4月21日

The 商学院 at 萨克拉门托 State will soon offer a new concentration on practical applications of artificial intelligence, one of the first in the CSU system, to prepare students to use the rapidly changing technology in the business world.

“Artificial intelligence is a momentous innovation, comparable to the advent of the internet or smart phones,” 商学院 Dean Jean-Francois Coget said. “It’s going to transform how we do everything in business, from marketing to finance to accounting to strategy to supply chain.

“It’s incredibly necessary for students to master those tools now so they can succeed in the business conditions of tomorrow in a revolution that is happening fast.”

商学院是Sac州立大学最受欢迎的学术课程之一，有4000多名本科生必须为他们的文学学士学位选择一个专业。 目前学院有10个专业，包括：

• 会计
• 业务分析
• 创业
• 金融
• 综合管理
• 人力资源管理与组织行为学“，
• 国际业务
• 市场资讯系统
• 市场营销
• 供应链管理

虽然新的人工智能集中的提案正在通过审批程序，但学生可以从2025年秋季开始学习其必修课程。 商业人工智能辅修课程也在筹备中。

“We are in the state capital, close to Silicon Valley where the innovation is happening, and we have an excellent Information Systems and 业务分析 department that is willing to innovate,” Coget said.

“We are also one of the first CSU campuses to offer an AI program, and that will be a big draw to students and employers looking for people to hire.”

信息系统与商业分析系主任约瑟夫·泰勒教授表示，新项目将重点关注人工智能的实际博彩平台、不断发展的法规和技术的道德使用。

“AI is going to be transformative the same way the internet or the PC was transformative. It’s going to touch everything at the University,” Taylor said.

“This is really about the University and our programs evolving to meet the needs of the changing workforce. … This new concentration will be about how we help somebody step in and use AI tools to productively create a useful application to solve a problem.”

人工智能专业将包括5门必修课和3门选修课。

其中一门课程将包括人工智能实习，旨在为学生的职业生涯做好准备。 Students will work with an actual client – such as a small, local business or nonprofit community organization – to design, build and implement an AI application as well as deal with procedures.

“Students will get hands-on, direct experience,” Taylor said.

泰勒补充说，人工智能已经在改变商业世界。在进入学术界之前，泰勒在一家大公司从事了20年的战略规划和创新工作。 例如，银行正在考虑使用人工智能来审查贷款申请，这可能会加快流程，并消除对初级分析师的需求。 然而，许多初级分析师职位是Sac州立大学毕业生的第一份工作。

“That means we need to think differently about what we teach,” Taylor said. “It’s important to recognize that the nature of jobs will change.”

And they’re changing fast. 通常，实施一项新计划可能需要长达三年的时间。 然而，科格特表示，学院迅速通过了审批程序，以便更好地为学生服务。

“Companies are using AI in ways that will knock the socks off traditional companies,” Coget said. “The revolution is happening. Speed is of the essence if we want to catch the wave.”