Thursday, October 15, 2026
The new Artificial Intelligence Applications Program (AIAP) goes beyond teaching students how to use AI tools. Whether you're interested in UX/UI design, app development, or a career in tech, you'll learn how to integrate AI into real digital products, solve problems, and collaborate as part of a digital team.
Launching in September 2027, the program offers two 60-credit diploma pathways, Designer and Developer, giving students the opportunity to explore either the creative or technical side of AI-powered applications. Both pathways are offered in person, with full-time and part-time study options. Applications are now open for the first intake.
Choose your pathway, then build together
Students at snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ begin by developing specialized skills in their chosen pathway. The Designer diploma focuses on UX/UI design, creative technologies, front-end web and mobile application design, visual storytelling, and AI-driven products. The Developer diploma focuses on full-stack web and mobile development, cloud and data systems, application security, and AI application development.
But students won’t learn in isolation.
The program brings designers and developers together to collaborate on two major projects, including a capstone project. Working in an industry-style environment, students move from ideas and prototypes toward fully functional digital products, applying user-centred design, project management, and industry-standard software practices along the way.
“Real digital product teams consist of focused designers and developers who collaborate with product, marketing, testing, and service-support teams to produce software successfully,” says Tyler Higgs, program developer and instructor. “Collaboration and communication are vital.”
Working this way also gets students out of their own heads. Designers bring the user and creative perspective, while Developers bring technical expertise. Together, they learn how to balance what a product should do, how it should feel, and what is technically possible.
Beyond learning AI tools
The program is designed around a distinction: Using AI and knowing how to apply it are not the same thing.
“Students will learn to use existing AI tools effectively, but more importantly, they will learn how to integrate AI capabilities into the products they build,” says Binazir Farokhi, program instructor.
That means students learn how to assess which AI models and tools are appropriate, identify where AI can add value, and critically evaluate what AI produces. The tools themselves may change quickly, but skills such as problem-solving, adaptability, critical thinking, and collaboration will remain relevant.
By graduation, students will be able to build AI-powered applications, work with AI tools and application programming interfaces (APIs), and use AI to support and optimize software production across the product lifecycle.
Learning by building
Applied learning is central to AIAP. Students work on projects that respond to real problems and user needs, developing products from ideation through minimum viable product (MVP) development and toward an industry showcase.
The goal is to give students tangible evidence of what they can do. A graduate’s portfolio can show technical or design ability, and also how they approached a problem, made decisions, collaborated with others, and used AI thoughtfully.
For someone starting out or considering a career change, that combination matters. Technology will continue to evolve, but the ability to learn, adapt, collaborate, and turn ideas into useful products travels with you.
By bringing design, development, and AI together, Langara’s new Artificial Intelligence Applications program offers a future-focused way to prepare for the evolving digital workplace.
Ready to see what you could create?
Explore Langara's new Artificial Intelligence Applications program and discover which pathway is right for you.
Join our information session on November 2, 2026 to learn more about the Designer and Developer pathways. Applications are now open for September 2027.
