EDCT-UE 1043 Your Brain on AI: Well-Being in the Digital Age

4 credit course Tuesdays from 11:00AM – 12:15PM
 
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool—it’s becoming part of how we think. This new course explores a simple but urgent question: How is AI changing your mind—and is that a good thing? From writing essays to making decisions, from scrolling feeds to forming relationships, AI is reshaping attention, memory, learning, creativity, and judgment. This course helps you understand those changes—and take control of them. You won’t just learn about AI. You’ll learn how to live well with it.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Analyze how AI affects attention, memory, and problem-solving

  • Evaluate AI use through a well-being framework (not just efficiency)

  • Design your own personal strategy for healthy AI use

  • Use AI effectively as a learning tool without losing independent thinking

  • Critique real-world systems like chatbots, recommendation algorithms, and social media