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UT Arlington replaces its business analytics degrees with artificial intelligence degrees

Health and educationUniversity of Texas at Arlington College of BusinessTarrantWrite to the decider

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Business announced on September 14th, 2026 that it had launched artificial intelligence degrees. They are a bachelor's program and a master's program in artificial intelligence. The new degrees take the place of the college's existing Business Analytics programs rather than sitting beside them. The college describes a redesigned curriculum aimed at using the technology for business strategy, productivity and decision making. New certificate offerings accompany the degrees. The announcement gives no exact launch date, start term or first cohort size.

How to take part

The university's newsroom release links to a press contact. The announcement does not set a public comment window.

Where to do it

Where

1 county. In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.

Timeline

  1. filed

    Publication date on the university's newsroom. The release does not give an exact launch date

  2. Today

How this decision moved

One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.

  1. 2026-09-19

    The university states that the artificial intelligence degrees replace the Business Analytics programs. The release does not say what happens to a student already enrolled in one.

  2. 2026-09-23

    The Arlington campus still offers artificial intelligence degrees where the analytics degrees used to be.

  3. 2026-09-26

    UT Arlington still offers artificial intelligence degrees where the business analytics degrees used to be.

  4. 2026-09-29

    UT Arlington's artificial intelligence degrees still stand where its business analytics degrees were.

  5. 2026-10-02

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand in place of its business analytics degrees.

  6. 2026-10-05

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand in place of its business analytics degrees.

  7. 2026-10-08

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand where its business analytics degrees used to be.

  8. 2026-10-11

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand in place of its business analytics degrees.

  9. 2026-10-15

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand in place of its business analytics degrees.

  10. 2026-10-18

    UT Arlington's AI degrees still stand in place of its business analytics degrees.

  11. 2026-10-22

    The university's release did not answer today, so the replacement of the business analytics degrees is unconfirmed since its last check.

  12. 2026-10-23

    The university's release could not be reached today, so the change from business analytics degrees to AI degrees stays unconfirmed since October 18th.

  13. 2026-10-24

    UT Arlington's move from business analytics degrees to artificial intelligence degrees is unconfirmed today, since the university's release did not answer.

  14. 2026-10-24

    The university confirms that its AI for Business degrees replace Business Analytics and that certificates accompany them. September 14th, 2026 is the release's publication date. The release gives no exact launch date, start term or first cohort size.

  15. 2026-10-29

    UT Arlington's switch from business analytics to AI degrees is still unconfirmed. The university's site did not answer.

  16. 2026-10-30

    UT Arlington's move from business analytics to AI degrees remains unconfirmed. The university's site would not serve its crawling rules today, so the release was left unread.

  17. 2026-10-31

    UT Arlington's switch from business analytics to AI degrees stays unconfirmed. The university's site did not answer for its crawling rules today.

  18. 2026-11-01

    UT Arlington's move from business analytics to AI degrees stays unconfirmed. The university's site still refuses this project.

  19. 2026-11-03

    UT Arlington's switch from business analytics to AI degrees stays unconfirmed. The university's site still refuses this project.

  20. 2026-11-05

    UT Arlington's move from business analytics to AI degrees has no fresh reading. The university's site would not serve this project.

  21. 2026-11-06

    UT Arlington's switch from business analytics degrees to AI degrees has no fresh reading. The university's site did not serve this project.

  22. 2026-11-07

    UT Arlington's move from business analytics degrees to AI degrees has no newer reading. The university's site does not serve this project.

  23. 2026-11-08

    UT Arlington's shift from business analytics degrees to AI degrees has no newer reading. The university's site did not serve this project.

The evidence

Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.

Artificial Intelligence for Business replaces Business Analytics
University of Texas at Arlington, UTA launches AI degree programs for business Primary source, official · uta.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington's College of Business has launched bachelor's and master's degree programs in artificial intelligence
University of Texas at Arlington, UTA launches AI degree programs for business Primary source, official · uta.edu
the college is expanding opportunities for students and professionals to build AI skills through new certificate offerings
University of Texas at Arlington, UTA launches AI degree programs for business Primary source, official · uta.edu

Questions about this decision

Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.

What is this decision?

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Business announced on September 14th, 2026 that it had launched artificial intelligence degrees. They are a bachelor's program and a master's program in artificial intelligence. The new degrees take the place of the college's existing Business Analytics programs rather than sitting beside them. The college describes a redesigned curriculum aimed at using the technology for business strategy, productivity and decision making. New certificate offerings accompany the degrees. The announcement gives no exact launch date, start term or first cohort size.

Who decides it?

University of Texas at Arlington College of Business decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.

Can the public take part?

The university's newsroom release links to a press contact. The announcement does not set a public comment window. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.

Where in Texas does it apply?

It covers Tarrant County.

Has it been decided?

It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.

What happens next?

No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was filed on September 14th.

When did it start?

The earliest date on its record is September 14th, 2026.

What kind of decision is it?

It is filed under health and education.

What sources back it?

One source backs it. It is primary.

Is it on the ERCOT grid?

Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.

When was it last checked?

Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 24th, 2026.

Cite this

Texas AI Docket, UT Arlington replaces its business analytics degrees with artificial intelligence degrees. Tracked since September 14th, 2026. Last verified October 24th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0173/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0173.

Beat

Filed under Health and education, with every other decision on that beat.

Last checked 2026-10-24