AI & Programming Foundations
AI Literacy and Responsible Practice
F03 · Foundation
Entry requirements
No programming prerequisite
What 24 hours means
- Lessons
- 18 h
- Capstone
- 4 h
- Assessment
- 1 h
- Remediation
- 1 h
Syllabus
Four modules, twelve lessons. Every lesson states what it covers and the evidence you produce for it.
1Understanding AI3 lessons · 4.5 h
- F03.01
AI system types
90 minCompare predictive, generative and robotic systems using everyday examples.
Evidence: Six examples categorised with realistic capabilities and limitations.
- F03.02
Data and model lifecycle
90 minTrace collection, preparation, training, deployment and monitoring.
Evidence: A lifecycle map identifying a responsible owner at each stage.
- F03.03
Prompts and task boundaries
90 minWrite a bounded instruction with context and success criteria.
Evidence: Two prompt revisions justified by observable output differences.
2Using AI well3 lessons · 4.5 h
- F03.04
Checking generated claims
90 minVerify a generated answer against a supplied source pack.
Evidence: All factual claims are traced or marked unsupported.
- F03.05
Bias and representativeness
90 minInspect a dataset for missing groups and unequal errors.
Evidence: A subgroup comparison and a proposed mitigation with tradeoffs.
- F03.06
Privacy and confidentiality
90 minIdentify sensitive fields and choose synthetic or minimised substitutes.
Evidence: A redacted example that retains task usefulness without personal details.
3Risk and oversight3 lessons · 4.5 h
- F03.07
Copyright and provenance awareness
90 minRecord source, licence status and permitted use for supplied assets.
Evidence: A provenance register; unresolved permissions are flagged for review.
- F03.08
Human oversight
90 minDesign approval points for higher-impact AI actions.
Evidence: A workflow that routes uncertain or consequential outputs to a person.
- F03.09
AI security awareness
90 minRecognise prompt injection and unsafe tool requests in examples.
Evidence: A classification exercise with explanations for all unsafe actions.
4Adoption planning3 lessons · 4.5 h
- F03.10
Evaluating usefulness
90 minDefine quality, time and cost measures for a proposed AI pilot.
Evidence: A baseline and measurable success criteria rather than vendor claims.
- F03.11
Communicating limitations
90 minExplain an AI-assisted result to a nontechnical stakeholder.
Evidence: A short briefing that states evidence, uncertainty and accountability.
- F03.12
Adoption roadmap
90 minSequence a small pilot, review and controlled rollout.
Evidence: A plan with an owner, stop conditions and a review date.
Capstone
Prepare an AI adoption proposal for a college department with a workflow map, risk register, evaluation plan and human review procedure.
Lab environment
Browser exercises
Lab infrastructure is not yet provisioned, so this describes the environment the course is designed for rather than one you can launch today.