AI Architect Academy — Credit Summary
1.0 high-school credit
120–150 hours of student work
10 modules (including capstone)
15-item pass/fail rubric
Standard transcript line
AI Architect Academy (1.0 credit, <grade>)
Project-based elective in directing AI agents across a personal computing environment. Topics: agent architecture, context and memory, directing AI coding assistants, research and inbox agents, scheduled automation, custom skills and plugins, multi-agent orchestration, and security and privacy. Capstone: a personally useful agentic system, operated for seven consecutive days with documented safety, privacy, and cost controls, with a reviewer sign-off.
Project-based elective in directing AI agents across a personal computing environment. Topics: agent architecture, context and memory, directing AI coding assistants, research and inbox agents, scheduled automation, custom skills and plugins, multi-agent orchestration, and security and privacy. Capstone: a personally useful agentic system, operated for seven consecutive days with documented safety, privacy, and cost controls, with a reviewer sign-off.
Hours budget
- Modules 1–9: 100–120 hours
- Module 10 (Capstone): 20–30 hours
- Total: 120–150 hours
A full hours-log template (CSV) is available at /downloads/hours-log-template.csv.
Capstone completion (what the credit rests on)
The student shipped a personally useful agentic system of at least three integrated components, operated for seven consecutive days with documented safety, privacy, and cost controls, reviewed against the fifteen-item rubric, and signed off by a reviewer. Full rubric: /credit/rubric/.
Reviewer sign-off
(parent / tutor / mentor)
☐ Pass — all 15 rubric items met
☐ Returned for revision (attach rubric with notes)