Within the program, which launched in Fall 2024, each student must take 18 credits of core courses in 6 subjects: machine learning, AI systems, sensing and analysis, security, ethics and deep learning.

AI assignments didn’t replace existing course elements, Jervis said. Instead, it filled a gap where online learners struggled to produce enough language and receive interaction through conversations. Technology, she said, should always serve pedagogy, not the other way around.

Professor Thinh Nguyen, director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Clinic at Levin, is helping prepare future attorneys for the shift toward artificial intelligence.

At UF, some students say using AI in curriculum has its benefits, while others believe the technology should remain separate from student evaluations. Many faculty, meanwhile, are already experimenting with the technology for curriculum, research and grading.

While AI is eliminating some entry-level roles and raising expectations for new hires, educators and industry professionals say it is also transforming career paths. Students are now being pushed to learn how to work alongside the very tools disrupting their field.

Reports of academic misconduct at UF that reference artificial intelligence violations have surged in recent semesters, according to university records obtained through a public records request.