COMSATS University Islamabad
Department of Computer Science
Course Description Form (CDF)
Course Information
Course Code: CSC262 Course Title: Artificial Intelligence
Credit Hours: 3(2,1) Lecture Hours/Week: 2
Lab Hours/Week: 3 Pre-Requisites: None
Course Objective
To introduce students to the fundamental concepts, history, components, and architectures of
Artificial Intelligence, including intelligent agents and their environments.
To equip students with problem-solving and search techniques, including uninformed, informed, and
adversarial search strategies for intelligent decision-making.
To develop an understanding of knowledge representation, expert systems, constraint satisfaction, and
reasoning under uncertainty in AI applications.
To encourage ethical awareness and critical thinking regarding the societal and philosophical
implications of AI, and to explore future directions in the field.
Course Content
This course gives a broad overview of the fundamental theories and techniques of Artificial Intelligence.
Topics include: Artificial Intelligence Foundation; Problem-Solving; Adversarial Search; Constraint
Satisfaction Problems; Knowledge Representation & Reasoning; Uncertainty and Probabilistic Reasoning; AI
Domains Overview; AI Ethics and Future Trends.
Unit wise Major Topics
No. of Teaching
Unit Topic
Hours
1 Artificial Intelligence Foundation: Concepts, History, AI
applications; and Intelligent agents & Environments. 4
2 Problem-Solving: Problem-Solving Agents; Searching: Search
Algorithms, Uninformed & Informed Search Strategies, Local Search 4
& Optimization Problems, and Heuristic Functions.
3 Adversarial Search: Game Theory, Heuristic, Min-Max Procedure & 4
Alpha-Beta Pruning; and Monte Carlo Simulation.
4 Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs): Defining, Constraint 4
Propagation, Inference, and Backtracking.
5 Knowledge Representation & Reasoning: Knowledge-Based Agents,
KR using First-Order Logic(FoL), Inference in FOL; Forward & 4
Backward Chaining; Ontologies & Semantic Networks
6 Uncertainty and Probabilistic Reasoning: Bayesian Networks(BNs);
Inference in BNs; Dynamic Bayesian Networks; Hidden Markov 4
Models (HMMs).
7 AI Domains Overview- Basics of Machine Learning (supervised,
unsupervised, reinforcement learning);Basics of Natural Language
Processing (Syntax, Semantics, Applications)- Basics of Computer 6
Vision (Image Processing, Object Detection)- Basics of Robotics
(Perception, Motion, Planning); AI Ethics and Future Trends
Total Contact Hours 30
Mapping of CLOs and GAs
1
Blooms
Sr.# Unit # Course Learning Outcomes Taxonomy GA
Learning Level
CLO’s for Theory
CLO-1 1 Describe the foundational concepts of Artificial Understanding 2
Intelligence and the models of intelligent agents.
CLO-2 2-4 Apply search strategies to solve problems in Artificial Applying 2-4
Intelligence.
CLO-3 5-6 Apply knowledge representation and reasoning under Applying 3
uncertainty to solve problems in Artificial Intelligence.
Apply foundational techniques from key AI domains
CLO-4 7 to solve real-world problems, considering ethical Applying 3
implications.
CLO for Lab
CLO-5 2-6 Implement various AI techniques and algorithms to Applying 2-5
solve an AI problem.
CLO-6 1-6 Develop a medium size project using AI techniques in Creating 2-6
a team environment.
CLO Assessment Mechanism
Assessment
CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3 CLO-4 CLO-5 CLO-6
Tools
Quiz 1
Quizzes Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4 - -
Assignments - Assignmen Assignment Assignmen - -
t 1&2 3 t4
(CCP1) (CCP) (CCP)
Sessional 1 - - -
Sessional 1 Exam Lab Sessional 1
Exam
Sessional 2 -
- Sessional 2 Exam - Lab Sessional 2
Exam
Lab Project/ Lab
Final Term Final Term Exam
Final Term Exam
Exam
(CCP+CCA2)
1. CCP : Complex Computing Problem 2: CCA: Complex Computing Activity
Note:
1. Instructor should design theory assignments labeled as Complex Computing Problems (CCP) in such
a way that each problem clearly exhibits 2–3 CCP characteristics.
2. Instructor should design theory assignments labeled as Complex Computing Activity (CCA) in such a
way that each problem clearly exhibits 2–3 CCA characteristics.
Text and Reference Books
Textbook:
1. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Russell, S., and Norvig, P., Pearson, 2020.
Reference Books:
1. Artificial Intelligence Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction, Taulli, T., Apress, 2019.
