Georgia State University Online Graduate Certificate in Generative AI and Machine Learning for Business

This is a business-side generative AI certificate with a flat $464 per credit hour for everyone, no coding required and no GRE or GMAT. You can finish in as little as nine months, fully online and asynchronous. It fits professionals who want to apply AI in business, not build it from scratch.

The Graduate Certificate in Generative AI and Machine Learning for Business comes from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in Atlanta. It is a public university, and the program is fully online.

The pitch is applied. The three notable courses cover machine learning and deep learning for business, deep learning and generative AI, and building generative AI business solutions. Notice the word business in two of those titles. You would use these courses to decide where AI fits in a company, and to build practical solutions with it.

The school says you can take asynchronous online classes on your schedule, and finish in as little as 9 months, which the page describes as two semesters.

The full rubric is on the methodology page.

Georgia State charges $464 per credit hour plus an online learning fee. The page says this applies to all students, regardless of location, so there is no separate out-of-state surcharge to worry about.

To get your total, ask the school how many credit hours the certificate requires and what the online learning fee comes to per credit or per term.

Once you have those two answers, you can multiply them yourself.

Who It Fits

• You work in business, finance, marketing or operations and want to apply generative AI without first learning to program.
• You need to fit classes around a job, because the courses are asynchronous and you set your own hours.
• You want a price that is the same wherever you live, since the school charges all students $464 per credit hour regardless of location.

Who Should Skip It

• You want to become a machine learning engineer. The page says no coding experience is required, which suggests the program is not built around deep programming work.
• You need a total price before you apply. Ask the school for the credit hours and the online learning fee first.

Three courses are named on the program page. IFI 8420 is Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Business. MSA 8600 is Deep Learning and Generative AI. MSA 8700 is Building Generative AI Business Solutions.

The last course, Building Generative AI Business Solutions, sounds like the project-style one. Ask the school what you produce in it, and whether you can use a problem from your own job.

Courses the School Names

• IFI 8420 Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Business
• MSA 8600 Deep Learning and Generative AI
• MSA 8700 Building Generative AI Business Solutions

The classes are asynchronous, which the school describes as learning on your schedule. There are no fixed class times to plan around, so working adults can keep their jobs while they study.

The school says you can finish in as little as 9 months, two semesters. The words as little as matter. That is the fast end, and it probably assumes you take a full load each term. If you work full time, ask what a realistic pace looks like and whether you can slow down without losing your spot.

The page does not give start dates, so ask which terms accept new students.

You would earn a Graduate Certificate from Georgia State University, a public school in Atlanta, through the Robinson College of Business. It is a certificate, not a master's degree.

Admission requires a bachelor's degree. Work experience is preferred but not required, and a GMAT or GRE score is not required either.

The credential helps most if you plan to stay in your current field and want to show you can use AI in it. If you want to move into a technical AI role, ask whether the courses count toward a degree at the school.

Where this degree can lead: Data Scientist Jobs, Jobs You Can Get With an AI Degree.

• An online learning fee comes on top of the $464 per credit hour.
• With no coding required, the technical depth is lighter than a computer science certificate.
• Asynchronous classes mean less live contact with instructors and classmates, which some people miss.

• How many credit hours does the certificate require in total?
• How much is the online learning fee, and is it charged per credit or per term?
• Which terms can I start in, and what are the application deadlines?
• Can these courses count toward a Georgia State master's later?
• What does the final course, Building Generative AI Business Solutions, ask me to produce?
• How much interaction is there with faculty if every class is asynchronous?

Offered by the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

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