Witten, Ian H.2008-02-272008-02-271986-08-01http://hdl.handle.net/1880/46147A final year undergraduate course on Expert Systems, designed for Electrical Engineering students, is described. To cater for this audience the course has a highly practical nature, despite the students' lack of relevant prerequisites in Computer Science. This is achieved by emphasizing logic programming throughout to illustrate all concepts taught; weekly, scheduled laboratory sessions; and a carefully-graded series of assignments. We have demonstrated that bright engineering students can get to grips with practical issues in applied artificial intelligence through a short, intensive, course - starting from ground level. \fIPROLOG\fR was found invaluable as a pedagogical tool, as was the highly-structured engineering-style laboratory. Informal feedback indicates that the course has achieved its objectives and indeed exceeded expectations.EngComputer Scienceunknown1986-239-13http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/31133