| Date(s) | Topic(s) |
| 8/28 | Introduction to the course (RN 1) |
| 8/30 | Philosophy of AI (RN 2; readings) |
| 9/1-9/22 | Problem solving; search; game-playing (RN 3-5) |
| 9/25-10/4 | Propositional and predicate logic; rule-based systems; planning (RN 7, 9, 10.5-10.9, 11) |
| 10/9-10/18 | Reasoning under uncertainty (RN 14-15) |
| 10/20 | Midterm Exam |
| 10/23-11/6 | Machine learning: decision trees, neural nets, explanation-based learning, and genetic algorithms (RN 18-19, 20.8, 21.2) |
| 11/8-11/13 | Game theory (readings) |
| 11/15-11/29 | Vision (RN 24.1-24.6) |
| 12/1-12/4 | Language (RN 23) |
| 12/6-12/13 | Special topics: Artificial life, Boolean networks, tutoring systems (readings) |
| 12/16 | Final Exam: 7:30 am to 10:00 am |