Coursework
Course Catalog
Claude AcademyCourseraOfficial docs
Recommended courses, all verified live as of 2026-10-07.
Primary source is Claude Academy — Anthropic's official course site at academy.claude.com (reachable from claude.ai; formerly branded Anthropic Academy). Courses are free with a claude.ai sign-in and self-paced. The Claude Code product also ships interactive in-product lessons, and the official docs are the canonical reference — both count as coursework in this plan.
"Day" references point into the day-by-day schedule.
Everyone (Week 1)
| Course | Source | What it covers | Who / when |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Fluency: Framework and foundations | Claude Academy | Collaborating with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically, safely — the 4D framework: Delegation, Description, Discernment, Diligence | Everyone; Day 1 |
| AI capabilities and limitations | Claude Academy | Accurate mental model of LLMs: next-token prediction, knowledge, working memory, steerability, context limits — why verification beats trust | Everyone; Day 1 |
| Claude 101 | Claude Academy | Everyday Claude: first conversations, effective prompting, projects, artifacts, skills, connected tools | Everyone; Days 1–2 (devs finish faster, BA/QA go deeper) |
| Real-World AI for Everyone (specialization, 3 courses: AI Collaboration with Claude, AI Automation with Claude, AI capabilities and limitations) | Coursera × Anthropic | Practical AI collaboration and automation for non-engineers | BA/QA and non-dev staff; Days 3–5, optional for devs |
Developer track (Weeks 2–3)
| Course | Source | What it covers | Who / when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code 101 | Claude Academy | What Claude Code is, how it works, core workflows for real work | All devs; Day 4 |
| Claude Code in action | Claude Academy | Long, hands-off sessions you can trust: steer, configure, automate, verify | All devs; Day 4 |
| Introduction to agent skills | Claude Academy | Building, configuring, sharing skills in Claude Code — from first skill to team distribution | All devs; Day 7 |
| Introduction to subagents | Claude Academy | Decomposing complex tasks across parallel subagents, deterministic orchestration | Devs; Day 6 |
| Introduction to model context protocol | Claude Academy | Building MCP servers/clients with the Python SDK; tools, resources, prompts | Devs + advanced QA; Day 8 |
| MCP advanced topics | Claude Academy | Sampling, notifications, roots — beyond MCP basics | Interested devs; after the program (optional) |
| AI-native SDLC playbook | Claude Academy | Twelve plays for using Claude at each stage of the SDLC (~1 hour of reading, no quiz/badge) | Leads & seniors; Days 11–12 |
| Building effective human-agent teams (beta) | Claude Academy | Moving from single-player to multiplayer AI; preparing your team | Leads & seniors; Day 15 (optional) |
| Building with the Claude API | Claude Academy | Full spectrum of the Claude API: prompting, tool use, RAG, agents, MCP, production patterns | Devs building client AI integrations; after the program |
| Claude Platform 101 | Claude Academy | Building on the Claude Platform from the ground up | Same as above; after the program |
BA/QA track (Weeks 2–3)
| Course | Source | What it covers | Who / when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Claude Cowork | Claude Academy | Delegating multi-step work: workspaces, context, task loops, plugins for research/documents/browser tasks | BA/QA; Day 4 |
| Claude 101 (from Week 1, continued) | Claude Academy | Projects, artifacts, connected tools — the BA/QA daily surface | BA/QA; Days 4–5 |
| Introduction to model context protocol | Claude Academy | Enough MCP to understand connectors and the Playwright MCP server | QA; Day 8 |
| Claude Code 101 | Claude Academy | Core Claude Code concepts before driving the Code tab for test automation | QA; Day 7 |
Documentation-as-coursework (free, canonical)
| Resource | Link | When |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code quickstart | code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart | Dev Day 4 |
| Desktop app get-started | code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop-quickstart | Dev Day 4; QA Day 7 |
| Common workflows (explore/fix/refactor/test) | code.claude.com/docs/en/common-workflows | Dev Day 4 |
| Best practices for Claude Code | code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices | Dev Day 4 |
| Prompt library (copy-paste prompts by task) | code.claude.com/docs/en/prompt-library | All tracks, Week 1+ |
| Interactive in-product lessons | In the Claude apps | Whenever offered during the program |
| Claude Code "What's new" digest | code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/index | Leads skim weekly after the program |
For admins (one-time)
| Course | Source | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Deploying Claude Enterprise with confidence | Claude Academy | Enterprise rollout: settings, policies, data handling |
Selection rules used here
- Only courses that exist on the official sites today; no third-party "Claude masterclasses".
- Every course is mapped to a schedule day so it's homework, not homework theater.
- Optional courses (API, MCP advanced, human-agent teams) are for the people whose next step they genuinely are — the plan doesn't require them.