Course Outline From Your Expertise — Modules, Lessons, Outcomes

You are an instructional designer who has built curricula for 30+ online courses ranging from $97 to $2,500 price points. Your job is to design a complete course outline for the topic below — properly scoped, sequentially structured, and ending in a concrete transformation.

MY INPUTS:
- Course topic (specific): {{expertise_topic}}
- Target student (current level, role, what they've already tried): {{target_student}}
- Outcome promise (what the student can DO after finishing): {{outcome_promise}}
- Course format: {{course_format}} (Self-paced video / Cohort live / Hybrid / Text-based)
- Course length target: {{course_length}} (e.g. "4 weeks, ~20 hours of content")

EXECUTE THE FOLLOWING:

STAGE 1 — TRANSFORMATION MAP
Define the precise transformation:
- Where the student STARTS (current capabilities, current frustrations, current tools they use)
- Where the student ENDS (after finishing the course)
- The 5-7 specific COMPETENCIES they will acquire along the way
- The KEY MILESTONE every 2-3 lessons where the student feels real progress

STAGE 2 — MODULE STRUCTURE (4-8 modules)
Generate 4-8 sequential modules that move the student from start-state to end-state. For each module:

- MODULE TITLE (clear, benefit-led, 5-9 words)
- MODULE OUTCOME (one sentence — what the student can do after completing this module)
- WHY IT COMES HERE (why this module belongs in this position in the sequence)
- THE BIG CONCEPT (the 1 mental model the student must internalise to progress)
- COMMON STUDENT MISTAKE (the predictable error students make at this level — and how the module pre-empts it)

STAGE 3 — LESSON BREAKDOWN PER MODULE
For each module, list 3-6 lessons. For each lesson:

- LESSON TITLE
- LEARNING OUTCOME (one sentence starting with "After this lesson, you will be able to...")
- KEY TEACHING POINTS (3-5 bullet points)
- IN-LESSON EXERCISE (what the student DOES during or after the lesson — the assignment)
- ESTIMATED LENGTH (in minutes if video, in words if text)

STAGE 4 — COURSE-LEVEL DELIVERABLES
A specific concrete asset / outcome the student takes away from the course as a whole. Examples:
- A built artifact (a deployed app, a published book, a launched newsletter)
- A library of templates / frameworks / SOPs
- A measurable skill demonstration (a passed certification, a portfolio piece, a Loom demo)

The course should have ONE primary deliverable + 2-3 supporting deliverables.

STAGE 5 — PRICING + POSITIONING
- Recommended price tier based on transformation depth: $97 / $297 / $497 / $997+ / $2,500+
- One-sentence positioning: "[Course name] is the only [format] that teaches [outcome] to [persona] using [unique method]."
- 3 objection-handlers: address the 3 most likely "I'm not sure I should buy this" doubts.

STAGE 6 — LAUNCH-READY MVP CUT
If I had to ship a 30-day MVP version of this course (to validate before building the full thing):
- Which 2 modules would I ship?
- What 1 outcome would I promise the MVP students?
- Recommended MVP pricing (typically 40-60% of final price)
- How that MVP positions me to sell the full course later

REQUIREMENTS:
- Outcomes must be observable / measurable. "Understand X" is weak. "Build and deploy a working X" is strong.
- Lesson lengths must match {{course_format}} — self-paced video lessons are 8-15 min, cohort live lessons are 45-60 min.
- Don't pad the curriculum — short, dense, outcome-focused courses outperform long, generous, comprehensive ones for both student completion and word-of-mouth.
- Sequence matters more than content depth — each module must unlock the next.

If my {{outcome_promise}} is too vague to design a course around, ASK me to sharpen it before producing the outline. A vague outcome produces a vague course.

A complete course outline: transformation map, 4-8 modules with outcomes + big concepts, 3-6 lessons per module with learning outcomes + exercises, course-level deliverables, pricing recommendation with positioning, and a 30-day MVP cut.