CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES are looking to add even more new degrees related to artificial intelligence and data science, continuing a trend that started earlier this year.

Several campuses are pitching six more potential degree programs linked with AI and data science at the September board of trustees meeting, adding to the six brought to the trustees in March. The newest prospects range from a master’s degree in artificial intelligence engineering at Chico State to a bachelor’s degree in data science at Sonoma State.

The AI- and data science-centric coursework is among 22 new planned degree programs to come before the board of trustees this week. Of the prospects seeking the board’s go-ahead, 10 would be offered as face-to-face classes, while the rest would be delivered in a hybrid format or fully online. Half would be bachelor’s degree programs.

A March presentation to the board of trustees highlighted a cluster of AI-related degree proposals.

“The purposeful expansion of AI-integrated curricula, with the support of the new CSU AI Initiative, will not only serve the evolving needs of both industry and our students, but will also bolster the CSU’s leadership in shaping the future of AI education, application and workforce preparation,” Caron Inouye, the CSU’s interim state university dean of academic programs, told the board in March.

Science, technology, math and engineering coursework dominate the list of degree prospects that came before the trustees on Tuesday, including two campuses seeking to add a Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity. A smaller number of liberal arts degrees under consideration include a bid for a Bachelor of Arts in ethnic studies at Sonoma State and a Master of Arts in modern languages, literatures and cultures at Cal State Long Beach.

Getting initial board approval is part of the earlier stages of launching new bachelor’s and master’s degrees across CSU. After that, planned degree programs — which CSU sometimes calls program projections — can continue curriculum development. Campuses will then return to the CSU Chancellor’s Office with a full degree proposal in order to get final authorization.