Applied AI

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Major or Concentration

Rize’s Applied AI program is a highly technical program designed to be offered as a combined major or concentration for Computer Science and Data Science majors. This 5-course sequence emphasizes the applied aspects of AI providing students with hands-on experience to build custom AI systems, design neural architectures, fine-tune models, engineer effective prompts, design experiments, and create informative visualizations to communicate the value of their work. Give your students the skills they need to stay up to date in an incredibly fast-moving space, positioning them as builders for an increasingly AI-driven future.

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Applied AI

Courses

Courses & Curriculum

AAI I - Introduction to Generative AI

Generative AI is AI that can produce new content - answers, code, music, art, video, and more. Those who harness it are more productive, more in-demand, and more highly paid. Those who don’t will be left behind. This lightly technical intro will teach you the foundational skills to level up your understanding of transformers, LLMs, and more. By the end of this course, you will engineer better prompts and apply chain-of-thought techniques to generate AI solutions.

AAI II - How to Get a Job in AI

AI jobs are exploding, but the pathways to discover and land them aren’t always clear. In this course, you’ll explore the wide - and growing - variety of career pathways your AI skills unlock. You’ll understand salaries, growth trends, target jobs, and the skills needed to land them. You’ll deepen an understanding of resume and interview skills, achievable goals, and careers that meet your needs for meaning, excitement, and a lucrative financial future.

AAI III - Predictive Modeling in AI

This course brings the predictive power of AI to your toolbox. You'll discover how to analyze, interpret, and forecast complex data using AI tools. Learn through hands-on activities and practice techniques like regression analysis and neural networks. You'll also explore how to fill in missing data and estimate your confidence in your predictions. By the end of this course, you'll have in-demand skills for your career and be ready to take on more advanced studies.

AAI IV - Prescriptive AI

Prescriptive AI teaches you the highest-value technical AI skills available. You’ll use the advanced techniques of optimization, evolutionary computation, surrogate modeling, and agent building, helping you use AI for its true superpower: faster, better business decisions. Through real-world challenges and hands-on projects in decision-making, robotics, and more, you’ll be able to frame problems and train models that make you a desirable hire in any industry.

CS or DS Capstone

Rize programs leverage the courses you already have

Our Partnerships Team works closely with you to create a customized program that integrates your existing courses. A potential Project Management major could look like:

Example courses from your institution

Data Analytics (Rize course available)
Business Statistics
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Corporate/Business Finance
Business Communications
Management Information Systems
Operations Management
Strategic Management/Business Policy
International Business
Business Ethics

Courses
from Rize

Introduction to Generative AI
How to Get a Job in AI
Predictive Modeling in AI
Prescriptive AI
CS or DS Capstone

Student Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Create generative AI solutions to real-world problems across various industries.
Evaluate the unique challenges posed by generative AI across different fields.
Identify business problems that can be addressed with predictive modeling by applying frameworks and a holistic understanding of the conditions for success.
Build robust predictive models that address business problems across a broad range of domains and data types.
Identify business problems that can be addressed with prescriptive modeling by applying frameworks and a holistic understanding of the conditions for success.
Build prescriptive analytics systems, decision-support systems, or intelligent agents based on prescriptive AI that solve business problems.
Build complex AI applications capable of performing a variety of functions.
Identify career opportunities through frameworks that evaluate fulfillment and financial health.
Build a plan for securing opportunities in AI, using empathy and professionalism to maximize chances of success.

Certifications

Skills

Generative AI
Predictive Modeling
Prescriptive Analytics
AI Ethics and Data Privacy
Prompt Engineering
AI Model Development
Decision Support Systems
Intelligent Agent Design
AI Application Deployment
Business Problem Framing
Technical Communication
Professional Development in AI
Career Navigation

Testimonials

Students give these courses rave reviews

"Rize courses have really helped me fall in love even more with my future profession that I want to go down."

Sean G.

Adrian College

“The class experience is amazing!”

Mary D.

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

“Throughout the class time in Rize, the teacher is going over exactly what we need to do… he gave us the freedom to think creatively, to do our own project and it helped us do what he was teaching us to do on our own.”

Cole B.

Walsh University

“Rize has given me an opportunity to add something to my degree. Something that I wanted to find at my school but wasn’t there.”

Chisunta C.

Albertus Magnus College

“My experience with Rize classes has been extremely positive. I think they’re really well structured, and the professors really care as well - they’re really out there to help you”

Daniel W.

Lasell University

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