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IE University · Module-by-Module Syllabus

Ten modules. Two sides. One X.

The whole course answers one question — “What are we doing here, and what will you accomplish at IE with the AI tsunami at large?” — by flipping the coin every module: theory of mind, then the action of building.

10 modules ◐ Mind + ◑ Build in every one 20 chapters · 2 per module 3 project tracks Demo Day · Module 9

Every module runs three lanes in the Data-X format: AI Mindset & Broadview (the mind — lecture, two chapters, a mindset objective), AI Tool Set Practice (the build — hands on the tools), and the Team Project (the build — your X, moved forward every module). Progress reviews rotate team-to-team so your work tours the room. Schedule subject to change.

Every module, the coin flips

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How you're graded

Grade allocation

No curve. Commitment over prior expertise — grit matters more than where you start. Both sides of the coin are graded: the mind work (reflections, evidence audits, the disclosure log) and the build work (the factory, the milestones, Demo Day).

A 90–100%B 80–89% C 70–79%D 60–69%
X marks your arena

Choose your X

Entrepreneurship on / with AI

Build a venture

An AI-enabled product or service for a real user/market. From a one-line story to a working AI factory and a pitch that lands. Maps to lean-startup + the Business Model Canvas.

Deliverable: a working prototype + an opportunity/business story (who it serves, why it wins).
Discovery on / with AI

Investigate the unknown

Use AI to chase a real question — gather and analyze evidence, run an inquiry, produce a finding that survives your own evidence audit. Research at speed, with the judgment to know what's true.

Deliverable: a working analysis/tool + a research note with methods, results, and honest limits.
Creation / craft on / with AI

Make something that moves people

A film, a design, writing, an app, a public-good tool. AI as instrument, your judgment as the artist — and prove the human is still the author. Social-impact builds welcome.

Deliverable: the finished artifact + a maker's statement on the human judgment behind it.
The reframe underneath it all

The mindset: You on AI

Five shifts run beneath every module. See them in full on the course doc →

01

Intelligence isn't inside you — it's around you.

02

Don't make the shoe. Make the factory.

03

Your network of people is now a network of agents.

04

Stop doing the work. Direct the intelligence.

05

AI amplifies you — for better and worse.

Now you've seen both sides.

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