Applied AI Lab

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

Applied AI Lab is an experiential MBA course that teaches students to understand, evaluate, and prototype AI applications through direct experimentation. This course emphasizes learning by doing: students use Python and AI tools to build predictive models, develop AI-powered applications, and create working prototypes that solve real business problems. The course progresses from foundational concepts (classification, regression, model evaluation) through modern AI technologies (large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI) to culminate in a capstone project where teams build functional AI prototypes. Students learn to make strategic decisions about when to build versus buy AI solutions, conduct cost-benefit analyses, and evaluate the feasibility of AI implementations in their domains of interest.