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Meridian Institute of AI — Curriculum
The full AI
education stack.
From understanding what AI is, to mastering the tools that define modern professional work, to applying AI in specialized fields like finance, law, healthcare, and beyond. Build a credential stack that means something.
Start here. No prior knowledge required.
Master the four tools that define professional AI work. Each earns its own certificate.
Requires all 5 core course certificates.
★ Capstone — Unlocked after all 5 certificates
AI Systems Proficiency Certification
The resume-level credential. A 25-question cross-tool assessment that proves you can reason across the AI landscape — not just recall facts about a single tool.
Foundations
Claude
ChatGPT
Gemini
Perplexity
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Deep, professional-grade AI tracks for specific fields. Each is 10 modules and earns its own certificate.
Domain Mastery
AI for Students
Research, writing, studying, math, creative projects, academic integrity, and building your personal AI toolkit as a student.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Finance
Market research, statement analysis, modeling, valuation, filings, risk, compliance, and building a professional research workflow.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Law
Legal research, contract review, discovery, drafting, case strategy, confidentiality, ethics, and the limits of AI in legal practice.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Healthcare
Diagnostic AI, drug discovery, clinical research, patient data analytics, mental health applications, and the ethics of AI in medicine.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Cybersecurity
Threat detection, AI-powered attacks, vulnerability analysis, incident response, adversarial AI, and the future of security operations.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Education
Personalized learning, curriculum design, adaptive assessment, accessibility, and implementing AI across educational institutions.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Politics
Disinformation, electoral targeting, policy analysis, national security, surveillance, and the future of democratic governance.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI in Governance
Regulatory frameworks, algorithmic accountability, public sector AI, international policy, and building responsible governance structures.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Domain Mastery
AI and Society
Labor, inequality, privacy, identity, media ecosystems, criminal justice, environmental impact, and the long-term human implications of AI.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Deep technical and strategic tracks. Each is 10 modules, draws from a 25-question pool, and earns its own certificate.
Expert
Prompt Engineering Mastery
Chain-of-thought, few-shot, system prompts, adversarial testing, prompt chaining, and building production-grade prompt frameworks.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
AI Strategy for Leaders
Build vs. buy vs. partner decisions, data strategy, AI talent, ROI measurement, risk governance, and building an AI-first organization.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
Machine Learning Explained
Supervised learning, neural networks, transformers, model evaluation, MLOps, and foundation models — no math degree required.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
Agentic AI and Autonomous Systems
The agent loop, tool use, memory systems, multi-agent architectures, RAG, agent safety, and building with real frameworks.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
AI Safety and Alignment
The alignment problem, RLHF, Constitutional AI, interpretability research, emergent capabilities, governance, and paths to safe AI.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
Building with AI APIs
Chat completions, streaming, embeddings, function calling, structured outputs, production reliability, and multi-provider architecture.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate
Expert
AI for Research and Academia
Literature discovery, research writing, data analysis, hypothesis generation, peer review integrity, and the future of AI-augmented science.
10 modules · 25-question final · Certificate