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Many educators have responded to AI's emergence with isolated, course-level changes. But students find this piecemeal approach confusing. This article calls for program-level integration of AI literacy across entire majors, advancing a systems-level framework for embedding AI readiness into degree learning outcomes, curricular maps, and ongoing improvement processes. It describes the ACORN Toolkit, which provides resources to support strategic, coherent, by-faculty-for-faculty whole-program AI-ready renovations.

Funded by the California State University (CSU) via the Artificial Intelligence Educational Innovations Challenge​ (AIEIC) award program, this project will develop a toolkit containing templates, worksheets, and activity guides to support intentional, faculty-led integration of AI at the curricular level. Designed for updating entire majors or programs, the ACORN Toolkit will help faculty embed AI competencies coherently and proactively — versus reactively or piecemeal, course-by-course. In doing so it will help faculty reduce gaps and redundancies, enhance program relevance for students, and boost workforce readiness. The ACORN Toolkit will be available at campuses across the CSU by Fall 2026.