This course will present advanced topics in Artificial Intelligence (AI). We will begin by defining the term “software agent” and discussing how software agents differ from programs in general. We will then take a look at those problems in the field of AI that tend to receive the most attention. Different researchers approach these problems differently. In this course, we will focus on how to build and search graph data structures needed to create software agents, an approach that you will find useful for solving many problems in AI. We will also learn to “break down” larger problems into a number of more specific, manageable sub-problems.