Prompt engineering with ChatGPT — Udemy course review

Created by Tarek Ahmed, this course covers prompt engineering from fundamentals through advanced techniques across 45 lectures and 6.5 hours of content. It spans zero-shot prompting, few-shot prompting, chain-of-thought reasoning, and specialized patterns for content creation.

Who it’s for

Writers, content creators, and business professionals who want a systematic understanding of prompt engineering rather than a collection of copy-paste prompts. Suitable for both beginners and intermediate users who want to understand why prompts work, not just which ones to use.

What it covers

Six sections progress from introduction through foundations, techniques, advanced patterns, specialized tools, and future trends. The content creation modules teach how to use AI for blog posts, social media content, marketing copy, and product descriptions. Advanced sections cover persona design, semantic filtering, prompt chaining, and model comparison across GPT-4, Gemini, and Claude.

The course also covers the OpenAI Playground for testing and refining prompts, and includes practical exercises for each technique.

Limitations

The course has a 4.4 rating with 330 ratings and 4,457 students, which is relatively small compared to Google’s courses. Some content may overlap with free alternatives. The broad scope means that writing-specific applications receive less attention than a dedicated AI writing course would provide.