Embracing AI: Transform Your Software Development Career

Course Description

Learn how Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are changing software development and how to use these technologies to improve your development workflow. You'll explore AI-powered development tools, prompt engineering for code, AI-assisted debugging, and practical applications of AI in software engineering. Through hands-on exercises and projects, you'll learn how to use AI to support coding, testing, problem-solving, and other parts of the software development lifecycle. You'll also develop a personalized learning path to help you adapt your skills and stay competitive as AI continues to reshape software development.

Course Goals

Build practical AI-augmented software development skills using Generative AI and LLM-powered tools. You'll explore GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT for developers, prompt engineering, AI-assisted debugging, and AI tools for software development while learning how these technologies can enhance your existing workflow.

Through hands-on projects, you'll learn how AI can help automate development tasks, improve productivity, support testing and debugging, and assist with software architecture and problem-solving. You'll also explore how AI is changing developer roles and identify the skills you need to continue growing in an AI-driven industry.

Week
1
( 18 Hours )
Introduction to Data Science and Review of Programming Fundamentals

• Introduction to Data Science

• Python Review

• Variables and Data Types

• Conditional Statements and Loops

• Functions and Modules

Week
2
( 18 Hours )
Data Manipulation with Pandas

• Introduction to Pandas

• Loading Data with Pandas

• Data Manipulation with Pandas

• Aggregating and Grouping Data with Pandas

• Data Cleaning and Preprocessing with Pandas

Week
3
( 18 Hours )
Working with Databases and APIs

• Introduction to Databases

• SQL Review

• Introduction to APIs

• Accessing Web APIs with Python

• Processing JSON Data

Week
4
( 18 Hours )
Project 1 - Data Wrangling and Analysis

• Working with a real-world dataset using Pandas and Python

• Data Cleaning and Preprocessing

• Exploratory Data Analysis

Week
5
( 18 Hours )
Review of Descriptives and Inferential Statistics

• Descriptive Statistics

• Probability Theory

• Common Probability Distributions

• Statistical Inference

• Hypothesis Testing

Week
6
( 18 Hours )
Experimental Design

• Introduction to Experimental Design

• Types of Experimental Designs

• Sampling Techniques

• Power Analysis

• A/B Testing

Week
7
( 18 Hours )
Data Visualization with Matplotlib and Seaborn

• Introduction to Data Visualization

• Introduction to Matplotlib

• Introduction to Seaborn

• Basic Plots and Customizations

• Advanced Plots and Customizations

Week
8
( 18 Hours )
Regression

• Introduction to Linear Regression

• Simple Linear Regression

• Simple Logistic Regression

• Multiple Linear Regression

• Model Selection and Evaluation

• Regularization Techniques (L1, L2, Elastic Net)

Week
9
( 18 Hours )
Project 2 - Exploratory Data Analysis and Visualization

• Working with a real-world dataset using Python

• Data Cleaning and Preprocessing

• Exploratory Data Analysis

• Data Visualization

Week
10
( 18 Hours )
Classification

• Introduction to Classification

• Logistic Regression

• Decision Trees and Random Forests

• Naive Bayes

• Model Selection and Evaluation

Week
11
( 18 Hours )
Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn

• Introduction to Scikit-Learn

• Supervised Learning

• Unsupervised Learning

• Model Selection and Evaluation

• Putting it All Together: Real-World Machine Learning

Week
12
( 18 Hours )
Project 3 - Machine Learning Modeling and Evaluation

• Working with a real-world dataset using Scikit-Learn

• Data Cleaning and Preprocessing

• Feature Engineering

• Model Selection and Evaluation

• Model Deployment

Week
13
( 18 Hours )
Deep Learning and Neural Networks

• Introduction to Neural Networks

• Implementing Neural Networks using TensorFlow and Keras

• Training Deep Learning Models

• Hyperparameter Tuning

• Model Deployment

• Introduction to Prompt Engineering

Week
14
( 18 Hours )
Advanced Topics in Data Science

• Time Series Analysis

• Natural Language Processing

• Reinforcement Learning

• Ethical AI and Bias in Machine Learning

Week
15
( 18 Hours )
ML Ops for ML Model Deployment

• Introduction to ML Ops

• Model Versioning and Reproducibility

• Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) for ML

• Model Monitoring and Maintenance

Week
16
( 18 Hours )
Final Capstone Project Presentation

• Finalizing Project Report

• Presentation of Findings

• Feedback and Iteration

• Career Pathways and Job Readiness