Good prompting is more than asking AI a clever question.

In this course, you'll learn what prompt engineering actually is, why it matters, and how to get more useful results from large language models. You'll look at practical examples, break down how GPT-style models behave, and explore where prompt engineering fits into real-world work.

Then you'll get hands-on with the tools themselves. Compare LLMs, explore multimodal capabilities, and set up options including frontier models from ChatGPT, Claude, and more.

The best way to understand prompting is to use it, so you'll put those ideas into practice by working with AI to build a Snake Game. Along the way, you'll see firsthand why models can produce different answers to the same request—and how better instructions, iteration, and context help you move from an idea to something that works.