Tracks

By combining design thinking, technological skills, and insights into how people and systems interact, DAI equips students to create innovations that are both intelligent and deeply human-centred.

 

The refreshed DAI supercharged programme introduces two new tracks that reflect the future of design—where creativity meets computation and social insight drives innovation.

 

Students will choose from either pathway and fulfil the respective elective requirements.

Societal and Systems Intelligence (SSI) track

Economics, business and AI

Understand, analyse and model complex economic and societal systems. You’ll also learn to integrate insights from economics, data science, and systems thinking to address challenges such as sustainable growth, financial resilience, and equitable technological transformation.

 

Track core course

 

List of track electives

Students will choose at least 6 courses of which one should be a Level 3 course.

 

Domain: Economics & Social Systems
Level 1

  • Microeconomics (101)
  • Macroeconomics (102)
  • Econometrics and Data Analysis (103)

Level 2

  • Computational Tools for AI and Economic Analysis
  • International Trade  (prerequisite: 101)
  • Causal Inference for Policy  (prerequisite: 103)
  • Game Theory and System Design  (prerequisite: 101)
  • Industrial Organisation  (prerequisite: 101)

Level 3

  • The Design of Digital Platforms  (prerequisite: 101)
  • Machine Learning and Economic Forecasting  (prerequisite: 103)
  • Globalisation & Economic Policy  (prerequisite: 101)
  • Development, Labour and Regional Economics  (prerequisite: 103)
  • Behavioral and Experimental Economics  (prerequisite: 101)
Domain: Business, Strategy & Finance
Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

 

Human-Centred Intelligence (HI) track

Psychology, philosophy and human-AI interaction

Study how people think and act, individually and collectively, through psychology, cognitive science, behavioural economics, philosopy, and human-AI interaction. You’ll explore the dynamics of human experiences, from perception and emotion to ethics and decision-making, to advance technologies that resonate with real human behaviour.

 

Track core course

 

List of track electives

Students will choose at least 6 courses of which one should be a Level 3 course.

 

Domain: Psychology & User Experience
Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

  • Computational Models of Cognition  (prerequisite: Introduction to Psychology)
  • Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
  • Human-Computer Interaction
Domain: Philosophy & Human Futures
Level 1

  • Introduction to Moral Philosophy
  • Introduction to Analytical Philosophy
  • Epistemology: Knowledge, Belief and Rationality
  • Designing Better Humans: The Ethics of Engineering Humanity

Level 2

  • Philosophy of Action/Decision Theory
  • Introduction to Political Philosophy
  • Ideal Innovations? Science Fiction & Ethics of Emerging Technologies
  • Ethics & Social Responsibility

Level 3

 

 

Information correct as of 6 February 2026 and is subject to change.

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