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GenAI for Software Developers Specialization

Master Real-World AI Development Skills. Build AI-integrated workflows using GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and hands-on coding projects

Kasie Pardi
Paul Pardi

Instructors: Kasie Pardi

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Intermediate level

Recommended experience

12 weeks to complete
at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

12 weeks to complete
at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Gain future-ready AI prompt engineering skills to enhance software development and real-world problem-solving

  • Ways developers can integrate GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT into full-stack workflows and collaborative team environments

  • Apply AI tools for automated code generation, testing, debugging, and quality assurance

  • Design and implement intelligent solutions for API development, database optimization, and modernizing legacy systems

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September 2025

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Identify common approaches for analyzing code and recognizing patterns with AI support

  • Explain key considerations when evaluating and selecting libraries and frameworks using AI recommendations

  • Apply prompt-engineering techniques to generate and analyze code with AI tools

  • Create comprehensive technical documentation using AI outputs, evaluating accuracy and completeness

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: Code Review
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Application Development
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Software Technical Review
Category: ChatGPT
Category: Generative AI

What you'll learn

  • Describe how to use generative AI tools and platforms to streamline software development

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of AI-integrated workflows in improving software development efficiency, accuracy, and maintainability

  • Develop a simple full-stack application using generative AI tools

  • Design complex, multi-step AI prompts to solve development challenges

Skills you'll gain

Category: Version Control
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Code Review
Category: Python Programming
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Problem Management
Category: Software Design
Category: Java Programming
Category: Software Architecture

What you'll learn

  • Construct complex, multi-step prompts to solve advanced development challenges.

  • Analyze various AI approaches for API design and implementation.

  • Explain integration requirements across front-end, back-end, and database layers using AI for development scenarios.

  • Describe how to develop a simple full-stack application utilizing AI tools.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Test Automation
Category: Generative AI
Category: API Design
Category: Microsoft Copilot
Category: Automation
Category: Software Development
Category: Database Design
Category: ChatGPT

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Kasie Pardi
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