AI for Excel Course (Self-Paced) | Graduate School USA

This course includes

6 hours of project-based training from experts
Answers from real instructors
Retake for free within 1 year
Access to class recordings (30 days)
Verified digital certificate of completion
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This course is self-paced. For live online or in-person instruction, take AI for Excel.

This course teaches experienced Excel users how to leverage artificial intelligence to dramatically reduce time spent on repetitive, tedious spreadsheet tasks. Participants will learn to use AI tools—including ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot—as intelligent assistants for formula creation, data cleaning, analysis, and automation.

Through hands-on demonstrations and practical exercises, you'll discover how to prompt AI effectively to generate complex formulas you'd otherwise spend hours researching, clean messy datasets in minutes instead of days, create VBA macros without writing code from scratch, and transform raw data into actionable insights faster than ever before.

Whether you're a financial analyst wrestling with monthly reports, an HR professional managing employee data, or a project manager tracking complex schedules, this course will show you how AI can become your most powerful Excel productivity partner.

This course has a prerequisite

Attendees must have beginner Excel skills equivalent to our Excel Fundamentals course, including basic functions and formulas, printing, formatting, basic charts, and tables.

Tuition

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$649
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This course includes

6 hours of project-based training from experts
Answers from real instructors
Retake for free within 1 year
Access to class recordings (30 days)
Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution

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AI for Excel Course (Self-Paced) Curriculum

What You'll Learn at a Glance

Craft effective AI prompts to generate accurate Excel formulas, including complex nested functions you'd otherwise spend hours researching or debugging
Use AI to automate tedious data cleaning tasks such as standardizing formats, splitting/combining text, removing duplicates, and correcting inconsistencies
Leverage AI assistants to explain existing formulas, troubleshoot errors, and suggest optimizations for slow-performing spreadsheets
Apply AI to accelerate data analysis, including generating insights, creating visualizations, and producing VBA macros for repetitive workflows

Course Syllabus

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Module 1: AI Fundamentals for Excel Users

Understand what AI can (and cannot) do for your Excel work
Overview of AI tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and others
How AI "thinks" about spreadsheets—and why that matters for getting good results
Setting realistic expectations: AI as assistant, not replacement
Security and data privacy considerations when using AI with sensitive data

Module 2: Mastering AI Prompts for Formula Generation

The anatomy of an effective Excel prompt: context, examples, and constraints
Generating simple to complex formulas on demand (VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, nested IFs, array formulas)
Prompt techniques for dynamic formulas that adapt to your data
Troubleshooting formulas with AI: explaining errors and suggesting fixes
Hands-on practice: Building a prompt library for your most common formula needs

Module 3: Automating Data Cleaning with AI

Identifying data cleaning tasks AI handles best
Prompting AI to standardize inconsistent data (dates, names, addresses, phone numbers)
Using AI to generate formulas for splitting and combining text
Detecting and handling duplicates, outliers, and missing values
Hands-on practice: Cleaning a messy real-world dataset using AI-generated solutions

Module 4: AI-Assisted Data Analysis and Insights

Asking AI the right questions about your data
Generating summary statistics and identifying trends with AI guidance
Using AI to suggest appropriate chart types and visualization approaches
Creating data narratives: Having AI help explain what the numbers mean
Hands-on practice: Analyzing a dataset and generating insights with AI assistance

Module 5: VBA and Macro Generation with AI

When automation makes sense: Identifying repetitive workflows to streamline
Prompting AI to write VBA macros for common tasks (formatting, reporting, data manipulation)
Understanding and modifying AI-generated code (even if you're not a programmer)
Testing, debugging, and refining macros with AI support
Hands-on practice: Creating a macro to automate a repetitive reporting task

Module 6: Building Your AI-Enhanced Excel Workflow

Integrating AI into your daily Excel routine without disrupting productivity
Creating a personal prompt library for recurring tasks
When to use AI vs. when to do it yourself: A practical decision framework
Keeping up with rapidly evolving AI capabilities
Developing an action plan for continued AI skill-building

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