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CourseraAI Mastery for Professionals
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Overview
A Vanderbilt specialization aimed squarely at using AI and AI agents to produce better work output, built around prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and increasingly, agentic workflows — AI systems that carry out multi-step tasks rather than answer single questions.
Who it's for
Despite the "mastery" in the title, it's pitched at a beginner level, meaning it's built for working professionals adding AI to their toolkit rather than AI researchers. It's a newer, smaller program with just over 4,300 students so far.
Key takeaways
- Writing effective prompts and multimodal prompt patterns
- Retrieval-augmented generation and context engineering basics
- Tool calling and agentic systems for real work tasks
Useful if your goal is applied AI fluency rather than a technical AI degree.
About this course
Offered by Vanderbilt University. Master AI and AI Agents For Professional Work. Master AI techniques to produce high-value outputs in your ... Enroll for free.
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Strategic Planning, Multimodal Prompts, Context Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Tool Calling, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, Emerging Technologies, ChatGPT, Generative AI.
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