Vanderbilt University

AI Builder Specialization

Vanderbilt University

AI Builder Specialization

Build AI Apps and Automations.

Build the skills to create AI apps, automate work, and solve real problems with any AI tool.

Dr. Jules White
Dr. Sam Hays

Instructors: Dr. Jules White

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build AI-powered applications, intelligent automations, and custom workflows that solve real-world personal and business problems.

  • Transform documents, data, images, and ideas into practical AI solutions using prompt engineering and today's leading AI tools.

  • Design, build, and deploy working AI products—from concept to implementation—through hands-on, project-based learning.

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Specialization - 6 course series

Build Anything with AI — No Code Required

Build Anything with AI — No Code Required

Course 1, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build working software, dashboards, automations, and analyses with AI — no coding required

  • Master the patterns and mental models for describing, directing, and verifying AI's work

  • Turn anything on your computer into something you can analyze, automate, visualize, and share

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Claude Code
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: AI Integrations
Category: ChatGPT
Category: AI Product Strategy
Category: Automation
Category: Prompt Engineering Tools
Category: Generative AI
Category: No-Code Development
Category: Google Gemini
Category: AI Enablement
Category: AI Orchestration
Category: Anthropic Claude
Category: Generative AI Agents
Build Apps with AI — From Idea to Working Product

Build Apps with AI — From Idea to Working Product

Course 2, 6 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to direct AI agents to build real, working software — no coding required

  • How to break any idea into steps an AI agent can actually build

  • How to test, trust, and iterate on what your AI builds

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: AI Workflows
Category: AI literacy
Category: Systems Engineering
Category: Generative AI
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: No-Code Development
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Software Engineering
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Application Design
Category: Application Development
Category: Product Requirements
Category: Development Testing
Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Software Testing
Category: LLM Application
Category: Engineering Software
Category: Verification And Validation
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Course 3, 19 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to apply prompt engineering to effectively work with large language models, like ChatGPT

  • How to use prompt patterns to tap into powerful capabilities within large language models

  • How to create complex prompt-based applications for your life, business, or education

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: AI literacy
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: LLM Application
Category: Game Design
Category: AI Enablement
Category: AI powered creativity
OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants

OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants

Course 4, 7 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Test Case
Category: Generative AI
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Safety Assurance
Category: Expense Management
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: OpenAI API
Category: Interaction Design
Category: Tool Calling
Category: OpenAI
Category: Travel Arrangements
Category: Human Computer Interaction
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Expense Reports
Category: System Testing
Category: ChatGPT
Trustworthy Generative AI

Trustworthy Generative AI

Course 5, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • What problems actually make sense to solve with Generative AI

  • How to frame problems and prompt engineer to produce more trustworthy results from Generative AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI
Category: Risking
Category: Ideation
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: ChatGPT
Category: AI literacy
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Responsible AI

What you'll learn

  • Gain a clear understanding of how to protect sensitive data and manage privacy risks when adopting generative AI technologies.

  • Learn to recognize and mitigate emerging vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, adversarial text, and deepfakes in AI deployments.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cybersecurity
Category: AI Security
Category: Threat Management
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Business Ethics
Category: AI literacy
Category: Cyber Governance
Category: Generative AI
Category: Data Security
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Law, Regulation, and Compliance
Category: Public Affairs
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Threat Detection
Category: AI Integrations

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Instructors

Dr. Jules White

Top Instructor

Vanderbilt University
56 Courses1,232,861 learners
Dr. Sam Hays
Vanderbilt University
2 Courses6,700 learners

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