AI literacy for absolutely anyone.
A hands-on introduction to thinking clearly with AI: how it works, how to prompt it, how to verify it, and how to use it responsibly. Built for students, educators, parents and working professionals from any field, with no technical background required.
Quick answer
AI – Core is a beginner programme from NASCA: 16 sessions, taught live by a NASCA instructor, closing with a NASCA × World STEM Federation certificate.
AI literacy for absolutely anyone.
Understand how AI and large language models actually work, in plain language
Prompt AI systems clearly, iteratively and with precision
Verify AI output, catch hallucinations, and reason about bias and ethics
Apply AI safely and productively inside your own field of work or study
AI – Core is NASCA's foundation programme, the starting point for anyone who wants genuine AI literacy rather than a collection of tool tricks. Across four units you move from understanding what AI is and is not, into daily working use, into the judgment needed to trust its output, and finally into applying all of it inside your own domain. It is designed and taught by educators, so the emphasis stays on durable thinking skills rather than interfaces that will look different in a year.
Applied learning project
Across the final unit you build a personal AI workflow inside your own field, whether that is a research process, a writing routine or a decision-support habit, and present it as your capstone. You leave not with notes, but with a working practice you already use.
Earn a certificate
Offered by NASCA, accredited by the World STEM Federation.
Tell us your role and where in the world you're based. We'll place you in the cohort and timezone that fits your week.
