Applied Generative AI

Certificate of Achievement Artificial Intelligence · Laney College · 2026-2027 Catalog

The certificate of achievement in Applied Generative AI (GenAI) prepares students for careers as GenAI engineers and/or developers. The program provides the analytical, methodological, and technical skills required within the GenAI technologies and industry, and serves as a foundation for further studies in GenAI or other relevant technologies and fields such as Deep Learning (DL), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision (CV).

Career Opportunities

Students will be able to find employment in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied Generative AI (GenAI) sector. This GenAI sector offers high-paid positions with job titles including Machine Learning Engineer, Deep Learning Engineer and Specialist, Generative AI Engineer, Software Engineer Researcher, etc. Sectors that benefit from GenAI include Health Care, Finance, Education, Business, IT and Data Science.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:

  1. Research current trends of generative AI (GenSI) technologies, and applicable preparation and implementation.
  2. Analyze and apply generative AI to produce the required results/projects.
  3. Design and implement various generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques to produce the required results.
CourseTitleUnits
Core Courses:16
CIS 96FIntroduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning3
AI 30Applied Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) I3
AI 32Applied Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) II3
AI 6Ethics and AI3
MATH 100Essential Mathematics for Applied Artificial Intelligence4
Total Units:16

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