That sounds like a pretty good course load. I read a decent book on AI and robotics back in 1992 (Maureen Caudill, In Our Image: Building an Artifical Person), but I imagine the field has advanced rapidly since then. A class on that sounds like good fuel for SF creativity.
The movie you're thinking of is "Timeline". Doomsday Book is to Timeline as... Lord of the Rings movies are to Willow.
LOL!--good analogy :) Well, that's a relief--based on the preview I had my reservations about the movie. I guess I'll give the book a chance, then.