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Applied Generative AI

AIV 201–212: hands-on mastery of leading AI tools, prompting, and everyday applications.

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Courses

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    AIV 201 — ChatGPT MasteryMost people type a question into ChatGPT and hope for the best. This course shows you how to actually use it, from writing better prompts to running real research, analyzing data, and building a personal AI system that works the way you do.
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    AIV 202 — Claude MasteryThe AIV series' 200-level applied course on Claude. Six units take students from a Claude mental model through prompting fundamentals, long-context work, document analysis, writing & synthesis, and structured workflows (Projects, Skills, Artifacts). Every unit alternates prompt-challenge (learn to describe what you want) with AI-agent projects (drive Claude to ship real work). Capstone: build a working document-analysis workflow.
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    AIV 203 — Gemini MasteryA practical course on getting real work done with Gemini: the right model for the right task, prompts that actually work, and tools like Deep Research, NotebookLM, and Gems built into your daily workflow.
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    AIV 204 — Choosing the Right AI ModelMost people pick AI models by brand loyalty or whatever scored highest on a benchmark they don't fully understand. This course teaches you to pick by task, with a repeatable framework you can apply every time a new model drops.
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    AIV 205 — Prompt EngineeringMost people write prompts the way they write search queries. This course teaches you to write them the way a developer would: structured, testable, and built to work reliably.
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    AIV 206 — Advanced Prompt EngineeringMost people who know how to prompt haven't moved past trial and error. This course teaches the systematic techniques that separate guesswork from engineered results: few-shot design, decomposition patterns, reasoning topologies, and verification pipelines.
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    AIV 207 — AI ResearchMost people use AI like a search engine and call it research. This course shows you how to actually do sourced, verifiable research using AI tools — and how to tell the difference between the two.
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    AIV 208 — AI Writing & CommunicationMost people prompt an AI and hope for the best. This course teaches you to work with AI the way a skilled writer does: structured, deliberate, and always in control of the output.
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    AIV 209 — AI Data AnalysisLearn to use AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to clean messy data, find patterns, build charts, and turn numbers into findings a decision-maker can actually use — no coding required.
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    AIV 210 — AI for SpreadsheetsMost people use AI to write emails. This course teaches you to use it to build financial models, clean messy data, write formulas you actually understand, and automate the work you do every week in Excel and Google Sheets.
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    AIV 211 — AI Presentations & VisualizationMost presentations fail not because the ideas are bad, but because the structure, slides, and visuals don't carry the argument. This course teaches you to build executive-grade decks from the ground up, with AI doing the heavy lifting on first drafts.
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    AIV 212 — AI Productivity SystemsMost people use AI tools randomly and get random results. This course teaches you to build reliable workflows that cut real hours out of your knowledge work, with the right review steps so nothing slips through.