Online Certificate
4 Weeks
Agentic AI Strategies and Applications
Equip yourself with practical skills to build and deploy autonomous AI agents that deliver real business impact. Designed by the founders of IU's #1 Online MBA for non-technical professionals. No programming background required.
Online
INSTRUCTOR-LED
4 Weeks
DURATION
12 Hours
TOTAL COMMITMENT
Live 90m Sessions
RECORDED AVAILABLE
$1,995
TUITION
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AI That Gets Things Done
Agentic AI Strategies and Applications is designed to equip you with practical skills to immediately improve productivity using AI. This program focuses on autonomous AI agents — systems that can take goals, break them into steps, use tools, and get work executed with minimal human intervention.
Through real-world business cases, simulations, and hands-on low/no-code exercises, you will build the ability to identify opportunities, develop agentic workflows, and evaluate outcomes based on business impact.
Common Applications of Agentic AI
Already being applied across a wide range of business functions:
Automating multi-step research and reporting workflows
Managing customer inquiries with intelligent, action-taking agents
Streamlining onboarding, scheduling, and approvals
Decision-making through data analysis and scenario modeling
Coordinating tasks across CRM, email, and databases
End-to-end workflows with human-in-the-loop oversight
The Kelley Approach to Agentic AI
What separates Kelley from other providers isn't just the content — it's faculty who are actively shaping the frontier of autonomous systems.
Scoping and measuring AI performance in complex business environments
Modern data practices: data generating processes, exploration, services identification
Foundation models that power agentic AI workflows
Agentic AI strategy and implementation with sample applications
Business impact: ROI analysis, stakeholder identification, KPI articulation
Governance: use cases, security, and monitoring
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Understand what Agentic AI is and why it matters
Learn how autonomous AI agents differ from chatbots, RPA, and traditional automation — and know when to use each.
Identify where Agentic AI creates real business value
Recognize high-impact productivity use cases across functions and industries.
Translate workflows into agentic AI opportunities
Break down real business workflows into well-defined, buildable agentic AI use cases.
Design and govern AI workflows responsibly
Define appropriate levels of autonomy, human oversight, and accountability.
Evaluate solutions and platform options
Assess solution approaches at a business level without needing technical expertise.
Define success metrics and business impact
Define KPIs, measure business impact, and calculate ROI for Agentic AI initiatives.
One module per week. Each includes ~1.5 hrs of pre-recorded content, one auto-graded quiz, and one 90-minute live online session.
Module 1: Foundations
AI, Business Context & the Agentic Mindset
Understanding AI as a reasoning partner. Non-technical intro to LLMs and foundation models.
- Background and evolution of AI
- Chatbot vs. agent: what makes an agent different
- Identifying use cases and scoping business problems
Module 2: Autonomous Agents
Design, Deployment & Hands-On Practice
Building and working with autonomous AI agents from prompt to full autonomy.
- Hands-on practice with agent platforms
- Delegating tasks, providing context, evaluating output
- Reliability, guardrails, and when to trust or override
Module 3: Agentic Systems
Tools, Planning, RAG, Memory & Orchestration
From single agents to multi-agent orchestration with end-to-end workflows.
- How agents use tools and produce reliable output
- Reasoning, planning, and multi-step workflows
- Memory management and human-in-the-loop
Module 4: Enterprise Reality
Evaluation, Deployment, Security & Economics
Accountability, risk management, and organizational readiness.
- Agentic AI deployment and monitoring
- Evaluation and governance
- Security, privacy, and measuring ROI
Business & Functional Leaders
Managers, senior leaders, and team leads looking to identify where autonomous AI can drive productivity and reduce manual work across their functions.
Consultants & Professionals
Career-advancing professionals in corporate environments who want to add agentic AI capabilities to their toolkit and advise organizations on implementation.
Kelley Alumni
Kelley School alumni looking to build on their business education with practical AI skills that apply immediately to their current roles and organizations.
No programming or technical background required. This program is designed for business professionals seeking to leverage autonomous AI agents for improving productivity, streamlining operations, and making better decisions.
Delivery
Fully online. Live sessions held via Zoom at scheduled times and recordings are made available if you cannot attend live. Two 90-minute live sessions per week. No additional on-demand requirements outside of live class sessions.
Schedule
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Noon — 1:30pm ET.
Fall Cohort September 1st to 24th.
Expect a total commitment of 3 hours per week (12 hours total).
Tuition
$1,995 per participant. Contact kelleypd@iu.edu for information on group enrollment and corporate pricing options.
Applied Labs
Hands-on exercises applying agentic AI to real business scenarios. Guided projects where participants build and deploy their own AI agents using low/no-code tools.
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon completing all pre-recorded modules, passing all weekly quizzes, and attending at least three of four live sessions. No graded projects or assignments required.
Your Faculty — The Kelley Difference
World-class experts who bridge high-level academic research and Fortune 100 industrial application
Dr. Sagar Samtani
Former Director of AI for Business Intelligence Research Center at TSMC. Founding Executive Director of DSAIL. 100+ peer-reviewed publications, $9M+ in funded research. NSF CAREER Award. Featured in AP, Forbes, Science Magazine. Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors.
Dr. Jingjing Zhang
Architect of the #1-ranked Kelley Direct MBA course on Agentic AI. Research: AI in business, human-AI interaction, algorithm bias and governance. Senior Editor, Information Systems Research. Dept. Editor, Decision Sciences. AIS Mid-Career Award 2025. IU Trustees' Teaching Award 2024.
Compare Agentic AI Programs from Top Business Schools
What separates Kelley School of Business Executive Education from other agentic AI education providers isn’t just the content - it’s the unrivaled caliber of faculty who are actively shaping the frontier of autonomous systems. While other programs may rely on generalists, Kelley’s agentic AI curriculum is designed and led by world-class experts who bridge the gap between high-level academic research and Fortune 100 industrial application.
PROGRAM
SCHOOL
COST
LENGTH
FORMAT
ENROLLMENT
CPE/CEU
Agentic AI Strategies & Applications
Kelly School of Business at Indiana University
$1,995
4 Weeks
Online, Live Lectures
Limited Cohorts
1 CEUs
Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation
MIT
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8 Weeks
Online, Cohort-based
Rolling Cohorts
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AI Transformation and Leadership
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$3,200
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Online, Instructor-led
Limited Cohorts
Eligible
AI for Business Leaders
UT Austin (McCombs)
$3,100
4 Months
Online, Live Mentor
App Required
5.5 CEUs
AI Strategy for Business Leaders: From Hype to Impact
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$2,950
4 Weeks
Online / Campus
Limited Online
—
AI Strategies for Business Transformation
Northwestern Kellogg
$3,200
8 Weeks
Online, Live Lectures
Rolling Cohorts
—
AI Strategy for Business Leaders
eCornell
$3,750
8 Weeks
Online
Rolling Cohorts
6.4 CEUs
Information gathered manually from public websites on 4/30/2026.
All programs listed: Offered from top-ranked business schools (not engineering/tech departments), non-credit bearing, fully online. Kelley's program is the most affordable option among peer institutions while delivering the most focused agentic AI application curriculum for business professionals.
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Corporate cohort enrollment is available across Kelley Executive Education programs — qualifying organizations may be eligible for group tuition savings.