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Machine Learning Modeling With Foundation Models & AI Tools

About This Course

Artificial intelligence and machine learning come with huge benefits, but also pitfalls. What once required specialized skills, large teams, complex workflows and deep algorithmic tuning can now be accelerated, automated or simulated using AI/ML tools. As these tools become more accessible, it’s increasingly important to know how to reimagine tooling in the agentic AI paradigm while applying rigorous engineering standards and governance guardrails.

In this course, you’ll learn to harness the power of AI to build agentic systems that meet production best practices. Using foundation models, you’ll build a native AI agent from scratch. Then, you’ll build a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline from scratch, applying tools at every step to build scalable production infrastructure, automate workflows and speed up your work.

Designed For

Software engineers and Python programmers who want to build agentic systems.

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What You'll Learn

  • How to build AI agents from the ground up — including reason-and-act loops and tool calling

  • Techniques for connecting agents to tools and data with MCP and packaging reusable agent workflows as Skills

  • Approaches to context engineering and evaluating agentic applications to improve reliability and reduce hallucinations

  • Agent design patterns for building and scaling multi-agent systems with LangChain and LangGraph

  • Strategies for security, deployment, and scaling

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This program is intended for professional development and is not designed to meet educational requirements for professional licensure or certification.

Course Sessions

Online Synchronous

April 2027
Dates Apr 13 - Jun 29
Location Online
Cost $1,995
Apply Starting Nov 18, 2026
Scheduled Meetings
Date
Day
Time
Location
Apr 13, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Apr 20, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Apr 27, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
May 4, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
May 11, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
May 18, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
May 25, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Jun 1, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Jun 8, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Jun 15, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Jun 22, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online
Jun 29, 2027
Tue
6 – 9 p.m.
Online

All times are Pacific Time.

Learning Format

Online Synchronous: Combine the convenience of online learning with the immediacy of real-time interaction. You'll meet with your instructor and classmates at scheduled times over Zoom.

Noncredit Course

You'll earn 4.0 continuing education units (CEUs) for successfully completing this course.

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