A $20 online course teaches you to get more out of Claude

The Claude AI Professional E-Degree, an online course on using the Claude AI assistant, is on sale for $19.99, down from its regular $159, according to Popular Science. It aims at people who type a question into Claude, read the answer and stop there. The price includes lifetime access, and the program starts at beginner level.

What is in it

The program has four courses, more than 100 lectures and over eight hours of video. It works on desktop or mobile. No prior experience with Claude is required, and the material moves toward advanced skills over time.

• Claude Chat best practices: how to write clearer requests, called prompts, for more accurate answers.
• Claude Code: coding where Claude writes, debugs and works through problems with you, including a link to VS Code.
• Two Claude Cowork courses: connecting Claude to Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar, then plugins, sub-agents and workflow systems.

Why it matters

Claude responds to the context, structure and examples in a prompt. Change the wording of a request, and the answer can change too. Clearer instructions lead to fewer follow-up messages. The later courses aim to turn tasks you repeat each week into workflows Claude runs for you, instead of prompts you retype.

Projects and certificate

Learners build five hands-on projects: marketing workflows, AI-powered websites, automation systems and virtual assistants. Quizzes check progress along the way. Finishing the program earns a certificate that can go on a resume or LinkedIn profile. Updates come with lifetime access, so the material can be revisited for new projects.

What to keep in mind

Popular Science notes it may earn revenue from products on the page through affiliate programs. The material does not say how long the sale lasts or who created the course. It also does not say whether a Claude account or paid plan is needed to follow along. Some lessons involve coding tools, so check which parts fit your own work before buying.