AIN 4013 US credit hours·BNQF Level 7 · Undergraduate senior·v1 · updated 3 Oct 2026

AI Native Product Engineering

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Course outcomes

CO1

Explain foundation-model behaviour — tokenization, context windows, sampling, cost — and characteristic failure modes such as confabulation and prompt injection.

C2 Understand

CO2

Apply prompt, context and retrieval (RAG) engineering, including structured outputs and tool calling, to build LLM features on a cloud AI platform or open-weight stack.

C3 Apply

CO3
CO4

Evaluate AI systems with golden sets, calibrated LLM-as-judge, cost/latency metrics and CI regression gates, and justify engineering decisions with evidence.

C5 Evaluate

CO5

Assess security, privacy and responsible-AI risks using the OWASP LLM and Agentic Top 10, NIST AI 600-1 and EU AI Act risk tiers, and implement proportionate mitigations.

C5 Evaluate · A4 Organise (values)

CO6

Collaborate in a team to ship, operate and present an AI-native product with runbook, AI-use log and individual oral defence.

C3 Apply · P4 Mechanism · A3 Value

Weekly schedule & skills

WeekTopicOutcomesDeliverableSkills
1The AI-Native SDLC: From Agile to AI-DLC
Beginner · C2
CO1Lab 0 setup
2How Foundation Models Work: Tokens, Context & Cost
Beginner · C2
CO1Cost notebook
3Prompt & Context Engineering; Structured Outputs
Beginner · C3
CO1, CO2Prompt harness
4Embeddings, Vector Search & the RAG Pipeline
Intermediate · C3
CO2Quiz 1 · Lab 1
5Production RAG: Chunking, Hybrid Search, Reranking & Citations
Intermediate · C4
CO2, CO4Lab 2
6AI-DLC Inception: Mob Elaboration & Capstone Proposal
Intermediate · C6
CO3Capstone proposal
7Agents & Tools: Function Calling, MCP & Memory
Advanced · C3
CO2, CO3Quiz 2 · Lab 3
8Mid-Term + Multi-Agent Patterns & Orchestration
Advanced · C2–C4
CO1, CO2, CO3Mid-term (20%)
9Evaluation Engineering: Golden Sets, LLM-as-Judge & Regression Evals
Advanced · C5
CO4Lab 4 · Capstone review 1
10Securing AI Systems: OWASP LLM & Agentic Top 10, Guardrails & Red-Teaming
Industry Expert · C5
CO5Quiz 3 · Lab 5
11AI-DLC Construction: Mob Construction, AI Code Review & Testing
Industry Expert · C3–C5
CO3, CO6Build bolt 1
12LLMOps: Observability, Cost & Latency SLOs, Deployment
Industry Expert · C3–C5
CO4, CO6Quiz 4 · Lab 6 · Review 2
13Responsible AI & Compliance: NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act & Model Cards
Mastery · C5
CO5System card · risk register
14Model Strategy & Product Metrics; Capstone Freeze
Mastery · C5–C6
CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6Capstone freeze
15Capstone Showcase, Individual Oral Defence & Revision
Mastery · C5–C6
CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6Demo + report + defence
FinalFinal Examination (institutional exam period)
— · C2–C6
CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6Final exam (30%)