Build Artificial Intelligence that serve people. Make wiser design decisions.
In a world increasingly driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, many programs focus solely on technical innovation. But who considers the humanity behind these advancements? Will they serve the common good? Will they avoid harm—both intentional and unintentional?
At Catholic International University, we approach technology through the Heart of the Church. Our new Emerging Technology Program extends our mission into the technical realm, integrating faith, ethics, and innovation to ensure these advancements uplift humanity and reflect the greater good.
The Graduate Certificate in Prudential Design of AI Products prepares product executives, designers, founders, and technology leaders to make better decisions about how AI should be integrated into products and what the user experiences of these products should be like.
Through four graduate-level courses in artificial intelligence, human-centered design, Catholic anthropology, and applied ethics, you will learn to understand what AI can actually do, evaluate how it forms the persons who use it, and design products that are innovative, responsible, and ordered to genuine human flourishing.
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This degree is a decisive response to an ongoing fragmentation of scholarship in higher education, forming a new wave of leaders who view technology not as an end in itself but as a means to further humanity’s noblest aspirations.”
Studying emerging technologies equips you to navigate innovation through the lens of faith, reason, and moral responsibility, ensuring that technological progress respects human dignity and serves that promotes authentic human flourishing rather than prioritizing efficiency or profit alone.
Use Prudential design to combine technical understanding, human-centered methods, ethical reasoning, and practical wisdom.
Guide product development with prudence: This certificate helps product leaders make wiser tradeoffs.
Apply Principles of Catholic Anthropology and Catholic Social Teaching to design technology that serve the human person.
Students may begin the program in any academic term and choose a course load that fits their ministry and professional responsibilities.
Earn a flexible, fully online credential from an institution with more than forty years of experience in distance theological education.
Enter a diverse community of students from varying professions and vocations from all over the world.
“In my clinical practice, without using faith language, I have created a virtues-based program to help adolescents and families navigate societal pressures that attack human life and dignity.”
– Emerging Tech Student
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William Hutson holds a Ph.D. in Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering from North Carolina
State University. His scholarly interests center on AI, human-computer interaction, human-centered design, and the application of human factors to technology in healthcare.
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