HKUST UPC – AI Coding (6-10 years old) – Level 3

Learn how to write stronger prompts and use AI to create stories, images, and music. Practice refining prompts to get better results, build reusable templates, and judge the quality and reliability of AI-generated content.

Strengthen your Python skills while learning how to connect code with AI services. Build simple chatbots, debug code, and work with APIs to produce useful outputs.

Identify real needs in your school, home, or community and design AI solutions for them. Create user stories, sketch interfaces, build an MVP, and test your ideas with classmates before improving your project.

Combine different AI capabilities into one application and make your project accessible online. Explore deployment platforms, add simple data storage, improve performance, and prepare a polished demo of your working application.

Take part in hackathon-style challenges and timed coding tasks where you build AI features quickly. Practice teamwork, peer review, and problem-solving under pressure while improving your efficiency and creativity.

Think like an AI entrepreneur by connecting your project to real users and real value. Build a business plan, interview potential users, create a pitch deck, and consider the impact and scalability of your idea.

Showcase your finished AI project to an audience and explain how it works. Present your code, share your design choices, celebrate your progress, and end the course with recognition, certification, and a preview of advanced AI topics.