# Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses

Evergreen Valley College · 2025-2026 Catalog · 7 courses

Source: https://catalog.evc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/ai/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026.

### AI 101 — Generative AI Foundations

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/evergreen-valley-college/schedule/summer-2026/ai.md)
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

An introductory course designed to provide students with guided opportunities to work with artificial intelligence technologies. This course will cover AI's impact on daily life, explore various AI tools, and create simple AI-powered applications without coding.

### AI 102 — Generative AI Software Foundations

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

This course will provide students with opportunities to practice the software development fundamentals of creating an application. It will cover how to transform ideas into working applications through AI-assisted development platforms.

### AI 103 — Prompt Engineering

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

Students will be introduced to prompt engineering and AI application development using the AI based software development platform. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with AI models to create software applications without coding, solving practical real-world problems.

### AI 104 — Cloud Foundations for Generative AI

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

This course introduces cloud computing concepts and services. It is designed for beginners with no prior computer science background and teaches practical cloud computing skills through an AI-assisted learning platform.

### AI 105 — Generative AI Frontend Development

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

This course covers the foundational principles of frontend web development, including creating responsive and visually appealing websites. Topics include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern libraries/frameworks. This course equips students with the skills to design and implement interactive web applications to solve practical, real-world problems.

### AI 106 — Generative AI Backend Development

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

Students will explore the principles of backend web development, focusing on server-side programming, databases, and API integration. Topics include building secure and scalable server-side applications using popular frameworks, implementing RESTful APIs, and managing data with databases. Students will apply these skills to develop and deploy dynamic web applications.

### AI 110 — Generative AI Entrepreneurship Capstone

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture Hours: 3
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026 schedule
- Repeatable: No
- Grading: L
- Cal-GETC: None District GE: None
- Advisory Level: Read: 3 Write: 3 Math: None
- Degree Applicable: AS

The AI Entrepreneurship Capstone course is the final requirement of the AI Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. It gives students practical experience in using AI to create applications that address real business problems. This course prepares students for tech-driven careers by teaching them to apply AI tools and business principles effectively.