Plug a language model into a business application and make it hold.
Next intake: Monday 5 October, with enrolment open until 2 October. The following one starts on 4 January 2027.
Understand what a language model can do, what it cannot do, and what it costs per token
Choose between a hosted model and an open model according to confidentiality and budget
Consume a model API: messages, parameters, streaming, structured outputs
Industrialise the call: retries, rate limits, graceful degradation
Write prompts at application scale and test them for regressions
Demonstrate a prompt injection and put countermeasures in place
Build an evaluation set and decide on going live based on figures
Systematic alternation between short theory sessions and practical work, with most of the time spent on practice
Progression from simple to complex: each module builds on what was learnt in the previous one
Realistic role-plays drawn from Cameroonian business cases
Considered use of generative AI as a working tool, in line with the common core
Regular formative assessments and a final integrative project drawing on all four modules
Formative assessment at the end of each module (graded role-play and practical exercises)
Practical work assessed against competency sheets
Final integrative project, presented and defended before the trainer
One graded assignment per module in the online course space
Claude, OpenAI or equivalent API, with a controlled budget
Ollama or vLLM to run an open model locally
A framework for calls and schema validation
A tool for tracking prompts and evaluations
Dashboard tracking spending per call
Sessions open every quarter. Apply now or request the detailed brochure — our advisers will get back to you.