CIS 4394 Agentic AI · Fall 2026 · Dr. Xinyu Fu
CIS 4394 Agentic AI · Fall 2026 · Dr. Xinyu Fu
This course is part of PATH, a national initiative led by MIT RAISE and Georgia State University that connects research universities, community colleges, industry, and government to expand practical, industry-aligned AI training and career pathways.
Announced in April 2026, PATH is a multi-year effort to scale affordable, industry-aligned AI training — with a particular focus on turning 2- and 4-year colleges into engines of an AI-enabled workforce. Unlike large-scale online training efforts, PATH emphasizes in-person, collaborative, project-based learning: students work in teams on real problems brought by industry partners.
Each hub pairs a research university with community colleges to design curricula matched to regional workforce needs. Georgia partners include Georgia Gwinnett College, Georgia State’s Perimeter College, and Clark Atlanta University.
Collaborative, project-based learning where students work in teams on challenges sourced from industry partners — the same philosophy behind this course’s build-and-break labs.
Clearer pathways from AI learning to real job opportunities through industry-informed micro-credentials, combining technical foundations with the professional skills employers ask for.
The inaugural PATH Summit was hosted at Georgia State University, April 3–4, 2026. From the MIT RAISE channel:
Agentic AI is one of four PATH courses at GSU — a pathway from first exposure to building autonomous systems.
First exposure to AI concepts, tools, and their business impact — no prerequisites.
From raw data to evidence: analysis, visualization, and the workflows behind data-driven decisions.
The neural-network foundations behind modern AI — how the models under everything actually learn.
Systems that reason, plan, and act — the loop, tools, guardrails, and a real capstone agent. You are here →
MIT RAISE: Prof. Cynthia Breazeal (principal investigator, Director of MIT RAISE) and Prof. Eric Klopfer (Co-Director).
Georgia State: Regents’ Professor Arun Rai (Director, Center for Digital Innovation) and Regents’ Professor Balasubramaniam Ramesh.
Support: philanthropic funding from Google.org.