Generative AI Professional Certificate
Overview
Build future-ready skills in AI-powered content creation, chatbot development, and multimodal innovation with these five Micro Credentials. From crafting dynamic text, images, video and audio to designing interactive AI-driven experiences, you'll gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools and programs.
Required courses
Generative AI Fundamentals
Next course starts May 12, 2025
This foundational course introduces learners to the principles of generative AI. Participants explore AI tools and techniques to generate basic outputs such as text and images, laying the groundwork for future innovation. Through hands-on practice, learners gain proficiency in tools like DALL-E, RunwayML and Tinkersynth, while engaging with key technical and ethical considerations in using AI.
Practical and Ethical use of AI
Next course starts May 28, 2025
Explore the application of AI in generating imagery and video, with a strong emphasis on ethical practices. Learners will gain expertise in diverse AI content styles, advanced image generation techniques, and video creation, integrating traditional and digital content. Alongside technical proficiency, the course embeds an ethical framework, enabling participants to navigate challenges such as bias, authenticity, and responsible usage.
Introduction to AI Powered Content Creation
Next course starts May 26, 2025
An introduction to the transformative potential of AI in content creation. Focusing on AI-assisted tools such as variants of GPT-4, participants will explore how AI can automate drafts, optimize content, and support ideation. The course covers the basics of AI in content creation, ethical considerations, and the use of AI to refine text and audio-based content. Learners will develop productivity skills through hands-on practice, generating content for use in presentations, digital channels, and projects.
Building and Customizing Chatbots
Next course starts June 18, 2025
This course equips learners with the skills to design and build custom chatbots tailored for various applications like customer service. Participants will gain foundational knowledge of chatbot development, learning to create engaging personalities and scripts using tools like Dialogflow and GPT-4. The course emphasizes hands-on practice, allowing learners to design functional prototypes that integrate text and voice recognition for seamless user interaction.
Exploring Advanced AI Concepts
Next course starts June 16, 2025
This advanced course dives deep into the multifaceted world of generative AI, focusing on integrating AI across text, images, audio, and video to create innovative multimodal projects. Participants will explore sophisticated AI concepts such as neural networks, interactive content, and innovative tools for combining multiple data types into cohesive outputs. Through hands-on modules, learners will design and execute a capstone project that highlights their mastery of AI's creative and technical potential.
Completion requirements
To earn AUArts' Generative AI Professional Certificate, you must successfully complete all five courses listed above.
Students have up to five years to complete the program. Before finishing your final course, you must submit the Professional Certificate Declaration Form to Continuing Education at coned@auarts.ca.
Upon completion, you will receive a non-credit Certificate in Generative AI, awarded by Alberta University of the Arts' School of Continuing Education and Professional Development.