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Pathway Badge · $35

AI Foundations Pathway

Build essential AI, data and cybersecurity skills with six stackable credentials.

20-second lessons. In order. Free to learn.

Start the Pathway I have all six: claim it

The lessons are free. Each certificate is paid when you pass its test, and the pathway badge is $35 once you hold all six.

Why this pathway matters

Working well with AI takes more than knowing what it is. You have to judge what it tells you, read the data behind it, and keep that data safe. This pathway covers all four, AI literacy, data literacy, critical thinking and cybersecurity, along with the computer science underneath them. You finish with one credential that anyone can verify.

What you'll learn

Six credentials, each earned by passing its own test. Every question cites a lesson you can study first.

• Micro-Certificate in AI Literacy 17 lessons · $5
  • What AI is
  • Algorithms
  • Data types
  • Logic
  • Ethics of AI
• Micro-Certificate in Data Literacy 16 lessons · $5
  • GDP
  • Inflation
  • Variables
  • Data types
  • Basic algebra
• Micro-Certificate in Critical Thinking 18 lessons · $5
  • Cognitive biases
  • Logical fallacies
  • Ethical reasoning
  • Decision frameworks
• Micro-Certificate in Cybersecurity Essentials 16 lessons · $5
  • Boolean logic
  • Variables
  • Algorithms
  • Ethics of security
  • Basic risk concepts
• Micro-Certificate in STEM Foundations 15 lessons · $5
  • Mitosis
  • DNA
  • Functions
  • Variables
  • Algorithms
• Full Certificate in Computer Science the full course final · $20
  • The whole Computer Science course: 326 lessons and 13 lectures
  • A 45-minute, 50-question final

Who this pathway is for

• Students preparing for tech careers
• Professionals who want to be fluent with AI
• Managers who need to read data with confidence
• Anyone building a foundation in technology

Time to complete

each micro-certificate: 7–10 minutes of lessons plus a 15-minute test

~25 min

the Computer Science certificate: 8.1 hours of lessons and lectures, 4.2 of quizzes and exams

12.5 hours

the whole pathway, most of it the Computer Science course

~14 hours

Lesson times are the measured length of the recordings. Go at your own pace; nothing expires.

What you receive

• AI Foundations Pathway CertificatePrint it or save it as a PDF. It lists all six credentials it rests on.
• AI Foundations digital badgeA 600-pixel badge image you can download and post.
• Verification numberIts own SW-AIF number and a public page that links to all six credentials.
• Add to LinkedInOne button fills in LinkedIn's Licenses & Certifications form for you.

How to claim it

1. 1
   Earn all sixOrder each certificate with the same email address. The pathway finds them by that email.
2. 2
   Check your credentials belowEnter that email and any one of your certificate numbers, so nobody can look up an email that isn't theirs.
3. 3
   Claim the pathway for $35You get the pathway certificate with its own verification number, the badge image, and an Add to LinkedIn button.

The AI Foundations Pathway certifies StudyWalks certificates, each earned by passing its own test. Scores are StudyWalks scores, not college credit.