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About the Course

ChatGPT and other large language models are going to be more important in your life and business than your smartphone, if you use them right. ChatGPT can tutor your child in math, generate a meal plan and recipes, write software applications for your business, help you improve your personal cybersecurity, and that is just in the first hour that you use it. This course will teach you how to be an expert user of these generative AI tools. The course will show amazing examples of how you can tap into these generative AI tools' emergent intelligence and reasoning, how you can use them to be more productive day to day, and give you insight into how they work. Large language models respond to instructions and questions posed by users in natural language statements, known as “prompts”. Although large language models will disrupt many fields, most users lack the skills to write effective prompts. Expert users, who understand how to write good prompts, are orders of magnitude more productive and can unlock significantly more creative uses for these tools. This course introduces students to the patterns and approaches for writing effective prompts for large language models. Anyone can take the course and the only required knowledge is basic computer usage skills, such as using a browser and accessing ChatGPT. Students will start with basic prompts and build towards writing sophisticated prompts to solve problems in any domain. By the end of the course, students will have strong prompt engineering skills and be capable of using large language models for a wide range of tasks in their job, business, personal life, and education, such as writing, summarization, game play, planning, simulation, and programming....

Top reviews

WA

Apr 18, 2024

I really loved it, I used chatgpt to understand the videos and I'm glad coursera offers context under the videos, this helped me finish the certificate in not a long time, all it takes is dedication.

SB

Aug 14, 2023

Found the course has given me a greater insight into the world of LLM, how they think and the number of other LLM’s that sit behind ChatGPT. Enjoyed the Coursera platform as a positive learning tool.

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By Edward v N

May 8, 2025

I have been using ChatGPT for about 12 months when I did this course. Found that my experience covered only some of the content taught. Very valuable course, well delivered.

By Catherine T

Sep 1, 2023

A very interesting course that is nicely (& clearly presented). Lots of useful guidance and thoughts around the content with opportunities to regularly practice using a LLM.

By Jeron W

Feb 10, 2025

Clear concise and practical information was provided at all points. Almost every lesson intro included an analogy or example that helped illuminate the topic of discussion!

By Krishnan A

Jul 13, 2023

Great course. Well paced. Good examples are easy to understand. Need better tests at the end of the course. The addition of a capstone project at the end will be useful.

By Robert A B

Apr 26, 2025

I'm 50-something and have no computer programming experience and this course taught me enough to create my own in-depth queries and basic applications. Well worth my time!

By Michael S

Mar 19, 2025

Great to learn and apply some structure to my prompting. Courses are easy to follow. The tests are good to ensure you were "paying attention" and actually quite practical.

By Gábor T

Dec 15, 2024

This course is easy to use by any beginner to ChatGPT or Gen-AI, but gives suc an immense tollkit to use these tools substantially more effectively, boosting productivity.

By Sandhya N

Jul 6, 2023

Excellent course taught by Dr. white in an easy to understand format and very encouraging tone. Thank you so much! I enjoyed learning about Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT.

By David W

Mar 12, 2025

Course walked through several methods at a good pace with examples and thought processes on how to. Like how the 'coach' section moves along with the course. Well done.

By Nichole S

May 2, 2025

The focus on this course really provided some solid foundation on exploiting the capabilities of LLMs. With every module I was impressed with what we could as it to do.

By fazil m

Jan 2, 2025

Jules White was an excellent professor. He explained complex ideas in the simplest of terms. I learnt a lot from this course, it motivated me to take more courses in AI,

By Patrick D

Aug 28, 2023

Loved this class. Highly recommend it for anyone interested in understanding what LLM's are capable of doing with the proper prompting. Great class, would take a part 2.

By Ranjana D

Jul 10, 2023

Great course with a great instructor. I am not of computer science background and thoroughly enjoyed it and learned from it. Will need to actively and creatively use it.

By Rafi L

Jun 19, 2023

Excellent course. Dr. Jules White is able to explain complex ideas in a very simple manner and doing it in an excellent way. I've learned a lot and enjoyed it Thank you

By Andres E

Jul 19, 2024

Fantastic course if you want to learn the fundamentals of prompt engineering and generative AI, how to use LLMs like ChatGPT, and develop your creative thinking skills.

By Vipul K

Nov 11, 2023

As my first online course, I found the material and modules easy to engage with and intuitive to use. Thanks to Jules and Vanderbilt university for sharing this online.

By Eapen T

Sep 25, 2023

Gives a pretty decent introduction to the subject. More precise examples and excercises to solve specific problems would be helpful to help understnd the topic better.

By Lou B

Sep 4, 2023

I learned a lot and enjoyed applying the prompts and patterns in my professional as well as private life. A really useful and inspiring course. I can only recommend it.

By Caitlin

Apr 17, 2025

The instructor offered wonderful context and examples while placing an importance on creativity, not just productivity. It was a fun, refreshing way to work with LLMs.

By Porchia A C

Jul 11, 2023

Very insightful and useful for my growth in my career and overall. I enjoyed the course and highly recommend everyone to do it. There is always room to learn and grow.

By Josephine I

Jul 10, 2023

This course was really well structured and the examples and assignments really contributed to my learning. Looking forward to using all that I have learned in my work.

By Ram (

Jul 1, 2023

Simple and clear content. Interesting topic to learn and it helped me to enhance my skills to use the ChatGPT on day to day basis which saves lots of time! Thank you !

By Minh V D

Sep 20, 2024

Course was very interesting and informative. The course material encouraged me to experiment with ChatGPT and be creative. The instructor provided relatable examples.

By Sana A

Dec 11, 2023

It's a beneficial course, everything is explained in detail and the instructor is very engaging. I learned a lot from this course. I would reccommend this to newbies.

By Yen F

Dec 4, 2023

Excelente, aprendí los conceptos básicos para poder crear prompts efectivos utilizando Chat GPT. La exposición es completamente en Ingles, pero es fácil de entender.