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CS 498 DS4 - AI Agents in the Wild

Last offered Spring 2026

Official Description

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in computer science intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Section Description

This section is only for students that are in the Computer Science Online MCS/MCS-DS Program offered on the Coursera platform. Additional ProctorU fees may apply. This course provides an overview of modern AI agents with a heavy emphasis on implementation. You will learn prompting techniques, agentic loops, modern techniques for splitting work across agents, and other advanced topics. There will be a heavy emphasis on the final project. In lieu of a textbook, this course will require ~$100 of LLM credits. Prerequisites: CS 447 and one of CS 440, 441, 446. For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister

Related Faculty

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
AI Agents in the WildDS467979E14 -    Daniel Kang