Vanderbilt University

AI Agent Developer Specialization

Vanderbilt University

AI Agent Developer Specialization

Master Skills of an AI Agent Software Developer.

Learn to design, build, and refine intelligent software agents using Python, generative AI, and agentic architectures for real-world applications.

Dr. Jules White

Instructor: Dr. Jules White

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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • • How to build and deploy intelligent AI agents using Python, tools, memory, and reasoning.

  • • How to create custom GPTs and apply prompt engineering techniques for real-world tasks.

  • • How to design trustworthy, responsible AI systems aligned with best practices.

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Specialization - 6 course series

AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI

AI Agents and Agentic AI with Python & Generative AI

Course 1, 11 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build a complete AI agent framework in Python, creating each component yourself to gain deep understanding of how agents work

  • Design tool discovery systems and function calling mechanisms that allow your agents to interact with external systems and perform meaningful actions

  • Create practical, production-ready agents for tasks like intelligent file exploration, documentation generation, and coding

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Tool Calling
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: OpenAI API
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Agentic Workflows
Category: LLM Application
AI Agents and Agentic AI Architecture in Python

AI Agents and Agentic AI Architecture in Python

Course 2, 7 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to implement agents that can dynamically adopt different expert personas and reason with or transform unstructured data

  • Techniques for building Multi-Agent Collaboration Systems in Python that support sophisticated memory sharing and intelligent coordination

  • How to implement Trustworthy and Safe Agent Architectures in Python using staged execution, reversible actions, and safety patterns

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Business Logic
Category: LLM Application
Category: Memory Management
Category: Agentic systems
Category: Software Architecture
Category: File I/O
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: OpenAI API
Category: Agentic Workflows
Category: AI Security
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: AI Orchestration
OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants

OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants

Course 3, 7 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Personalization
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Test Case
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Expense Management
Category: Interaction Design
Category: Tool Calling
Category: OpenAI API
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Safety Assurance
Category: ChatGPT
Category: OpenAI
Category: System Testing
Category: Expense Reports
Category: Generative AI Agents
Category: Travel Arrangements
Category: Human Computer Interaction
Category: Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Category: Generative AI
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Course 4, 19 hours

What you'll learn

  • How to apply prompt engineering to effectively work with large language models, like ChatGPT

  • How to use prompt patterns to tap into powerful capabilities within large language models

  • How to create complex prompt-based applications for your life, business, or education

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Large Language Modeling
Category: AI literacy
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: AI Enablement
Category: LLM Application
Category: Game Design
ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis

ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis

Course 5, 11 hours

What you'll learn

  • Automate tasks in your work and life with ChatGPT Code Interpreter

    Automate reading and creating PDFs, PowerPoint, Excel, images, video, and more

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Analysis
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Responsible AI
Category: File I/O
Category: Debugging
Category: AI Workflows
Category: Document Management
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: Data Processing
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Multimodal Prompts
Category: Data Compilation
Category: Text Mining
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Generative AI
Category: AI literacy
Trustworthy Generative AI

Trustworthy Generative AI

Course 6, 9 hours

What you'll learn

  • What problems actually make sense to solve with Generative AI

  • How to frame problems and prompt engineer to produce more trustworthy results from Generative AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI
Category: Ideation
Category: Risking
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Prompt Patterns
Category: Responsible AI
Category: AI powered creativity
Category: ChatGPT
Category: AI literacy

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Dr. Jules White

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