Become an AI practitioner
— New!Are you looking to get hands-on experience with AI technology? SPC's Artificial Intelligence Responsible Use Practitioner Certificate teaches you practical skills in areas like machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and data analysis so you can apply AI in many avenues. The program includes programming courses, an overview of AI, a look at how AI is used in business and how to deploy the technology responsibly and ethically. Whether you're starting a new career or enhancing your current skills, this certificate will help you understand how AI is making a difference in our lives and prepare you jobs in this growing career field.
Classes are offered online or on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs or Clearwater campuses during our 8-week sessions.
This academic program prepares you for the following careers. All job data is provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Software Developers
Salary Data
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area Average
Florida Average
Projected employment for Florida
2023 Employment
75,620
2033
101,940
Percent Change
35
Projected Job Openings
7330
Students completing the Artificial Intelligence Responsible Use Practitioner Certificate will be able to:
- Explain the importance of managing the core phases of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) project lifecycle.
- Describe ethical and socially responsible practices related to the development and deployment of intelligent systems.
- Describe foundational machine learning concepts.
- Describe data acquisition, preprocessing, and transformation for AI models.
- Describe the use of artificial intelligence tools and how they may be applied to optimize an organization’s capabilities.
- Describe the application of basic techniques in computer vision for image classification and object detection.
- Describe the application of basic techniques in natural language processing.
Artificial Intelligence Responsible Use Practitioner Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility
AIRUP-CT
Effective Beginning Catalog Term: Spring 2025 (645)
The requirements shown below are valid beginning Spring 2025 (645), and may not reflect degree requirements for current students. Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term.
Program Summary
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Information Technology career cluster. It provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Information Technology career cluster.
The content includes, but is not limited to, technical knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and their real-world applications for data management, machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision. Additional content includes ethics as relevant to the design and implementation of artificial intelligence.
Graduation Requirements
All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of "C".
Academic Pathways
The Academic Pathway is a tool for students that lists the following items:- the recommended order in which to take the program courses
- suggested course when more than one option exists
- which semester each course is typically offered
- if the course has a prerequisite
- courses that may lead to a certificate (if offered in the program)
Please verify the Academic Pathway lists your correct starting semester.
Program Leadership Information
Florida CIP Code
0511010200 - Artificial Intelligence Practitioner
Federal CIP Code
11.0102 - Artificial Intelligence.