GenAI Foundations and Prompt Engineering

Overzicht

Ever struggled to get consistent, high-quality responses from AI systems, or wondered how to build chatbots that actually understand your customers' needs? Most professionals know AI is powerful, but few know how to communicate with it effectively to unlock its true potential.

This course transforms you from an AI user into a prompt engineering expert who can design sophisticated interactions with large language models. You'll master the fundamental architecture of GenAI systems, explore real-world enterprise applications, and learn advanced prompting techniques that consistently deliver exceptional results.

Through hands-on practice, you'll build multi-step prompt chains, optimize context windows, and create customer support chatbots that provide human-like assistance. This course is designed for professionals who want to deepen their AI integration skills:

software engineers exploring how to embed GenAI into applications; product managers responsible for implementing AI-driven features; data scientists looking to expand their expertise into generative models; and business analysts seeking to optimize workflows with advanced AI capabilities.

Whether you’re building prototypes or production systems, you’ll leave equipped to elevate your AI initiatives. Participants should have a solid foundation in working with APIs and web services, be comfortable writing and debugging Python code, possess general familiarity with core machine learning concepts, and feel at ease navigating command-line tools.

A willingness to experiment and iterate with AI tools will help you get the most out of the hands-on activities. By the end of this course, you will be able to apply GenAI system architecture principles to design scalable AI applications; construct and iterate advanced prompt-engineering patterns tailored to diverse business use cases; implement interactive, multi-step prompt workflows with real-time optimization; and develop robust customer-support conversational systems complete with quality-assurance frameworks.

These skills will empower you to lead AI-driven innovation within your organization.

Lesprogramma

• GenAI Foundations
In this module, you’ll learn how to design and build robust GenAI applications by exploring the core architecture and components of modern AI systems. You’ll set up a professional development environment—configuring SDKs, tooling, and data pipelines—and examine real-world enterprise implementations to see how organizations leverage GenAI for competitive advantage. Through expert-led walkthroughs, hands-on setup exercises, and case-study analyses, you’ll gain the skills to deploy scalable, production-ready generative AI solutions.
• Prompt Engineering
In this module, you’ll master the art of prompt engineering by exploring the core principles of prompt design, the structural elements that drive model behavior, and the spectrum of prompt patterns—single-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought. You’ll learn how to craft, test, and refine prompts for diverse business scenarios, understand the trade-offs between prompt complexity and performance, and apply evaluation metrics to ensure consistent, high-quality outputs. Through expert-led demos, hands-on prompt labs, real-world case studies, and interactive assessments, you’ll gain the skills to engineer prompts that reliably unlock the full power of generative AI.
• Course Conclusion
In this module, you’ll consolidate your GenAI and prompt engineering expertise by recapping core techniques, reflecting on real-world applications, and charting your continued growth path. You’ll integrate skills into end-to-end project scenarios, explore advanced topics like Retrieval-Augmented Generation and AI agents, and plan your specialization roadmap. Through instructor-led reflections, interactive planning exercises, and curated resource guides, you’ll finish ready to apply your learning confidently and pursue deeper mastery.

Gegeven door

Ritesh Vajariya and Starweaver

Vakgebieden

Computer Science