AI Essentials.

Course overview.

AI Essentials is an introductory course designed to build both practical AI literacy and applied skills for a broad professional audience. The course introduces core concepts of AI and generative AI, explains how modern AI systems produce outputs, and examines the strengths, limitations, and risks of AI overall. Learners develop the ability to use AI tools effectively for workplace tasks such as summarization, drafting, research, data analysis, visualization, and communication. By the end of the course, learners will be able to evaluate AI outputs, describe effective prompting techniques, use AI responsibly, and identify ways to integrate AI insights into professional workflows.

Four key topics