Applied AI and Innovation
DEGREE+ Go beyond the hype and master the skills that deliver results: AI Strategy, Responsible Innovation best practices, and the practical workflows to integrate AI tools successfully. This short, high-impact program teaches you how to measure, manage, and maximize the business impact of artificial intelligence across your organization. This is the essential skill set for the new economy.
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This Program is Perfect For...
...students with upper-division standing who have been admitted to the Degree Plus program and want to complete a focused 12-unit certificate that builds practical, career-ready AI skills for driving innovation and efficiency in their future careers.
What You'll Learn
Build data-storytelling, ROI framing, and workflow-design skills to improve productivity and insight
Learn to identify opportunities, design responsibly, and apply AI for meaningful impact
Strengthen your prompting, testing, and tool-fit evaluation skills through hands-on practice.
Work collaboratively through each stage of the innovation process—from concept to implementation—with expert guidance
increase in AI-related job postings on LinkedIn during the past year, while overall postings stayed nearly flat.
wage premium earned by professionals who list AI skills such as prompt engineering on their résumés
of CIOs and CTOs plan to expand their teams as generative-AI adoption grows.
of organizations already use AI in at least one business function
Courses
| Required Courses (12 units) | Units | Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer |
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| MGMNT X440 - AI Essentials for Innovation | 4 |
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| MGMNT X441 - AI Tools and Solution Design | 4 |
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| MGMNT X442 - Leading AI-Driven Change | 4 | |
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Important Course Information:
Students need to apply to the Degree Plus program before enrolling in classes from this course schedule.
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Estimated Certificate Cost: Free to students in the Degree Plus program.
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