UConn Adds AI, Linguistics, Cuts Programs

0:00It's April 27th. This is Hartford News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. University of Connecticut's board is eyeing big changes to its academic lineup, adding a bachelor of arts and linguistics and a graduate certificate in. Artificial intelligence while axing four underperforming programs, both new ones aim to launch in fall 2026, with the linguistics degree pulling together fading joint majors in philosophy and psychology. And to one streamlined option, with three tracks. Linguistics enrollment has dipped from 72 students in fall 2022 to just 42 now, but admins projected bouncing back to. Around 100, as it taps into hot fields like natural language processing and AI careers. No extra faculty needed. Meanwhile, the AI certificate is a 12 credit program through the business school, offering online and hybrid classes at the Hartford campus too. Skillet workers across industries. These cuts hit program star for students and resources. The master of fine arts and arts leadership shut down last year with zero students left.

1:10The Stanford FinTech bachelors, launched with a goal of 20 enrollees, sits at only seven, so they're weaving those skills into data analytics and financial management majors instead. Two engineering certificates also face the chop, contaminated site remediation, with just one completeer ever, and oceanographic science and technology. With one enrollee and no grads, FinTech undergrad closes to new admits this September, but a teach out runs through at least the 2031 32 year. The AI cert stands alone in Connecticut, boasting median wages over $126,000 for grads. Tuesday's committee meeting kicks off at 8.30 a.m. to hash this out, reshaping Yukon's menu to chase demand and tech while shedding dead. Wait.