MS Computer Science - AI Track
Starting Fall 2026, we will offer a non-thesis Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence (AI) track.
Modality and Location
The AI track is offered in-person at the UH Katy campus. There is no option to complete it fully online.
Objectives
The AI track provides a rigorous, industry-aligned graduate education that equips students with foundational AI knowledge, practical AI skills, and applied AI experiences to excel in the rapidly evolving field of AI. Our program prepares graduates to design, develop, and deploy responsible and scalable AI solutions for real-world applications with careers in diverse sectors, including technology, healthcare, energy, finance, and more.
Beyond foundational and applied AI knowledge, the program emphasizes AI systems competencies essential for production deployment at scale, including distributed computing, cloud-hosted architectures, AI/ML-Ops, performance, reliability, security, and cost-aware engineering. Graduates will be trained as practitioners who can translate domain problems into AI solutions, implement and iterate models, and operationalize them in modern computing environments.
Admissions
Visit our deparment admissions page for details.
Structure
Requires a minimum of 30 credit hours, with no thesis requirement, subject to the following:
- Required 9 hours of foundation courses
- Required 9 hours of advance foundation courses
- At least 12 hours of electives
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Semester 1 - Foundations (9 hours) |
Semester 2 - Advanced Foundations (9 hours) |
Semesters 3 & 4 - Electives (12 hours) |
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Mathematical Foundations for AI |
Responsible AI |
Choose 4 courses from: Generative AI Natural Language Processing Computer Vision & IMage Processing AI for Robotics AI in Healthcare & Life Sciences AI for Business & Finance Cloud Computing for AI Trustworthy AI |
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Introduction to AI |
Machine Learning & Deep Learning |
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Data Engineering for AI |
AI Systems Engineering and Demployment |
General Rules
- Students must complete their degree within 5 years of their initial enrollment in the program. (See time limitation in the UH Graduate Catalog).
- A student will be removed from the program if they have earned a grade of "C+" or lower in 12 hours while enrolled as a graduate student. All other scholastic regulations as specified in the Graduate School catalog must be satisfied.
- A student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0
- Visit the UH Graduate Catalog for detailed university, college and department policies and procedures.
Contact
If you have questions about the MS Computer Science - AI track at UH Katy, contact Dr. Feng Yan at fyan5@uh.edu