About this course: This two-part course introduces the basic mathematical and programming principles that underlie much of Computer Science. Understanding these principles is crucial to the process of creating efficient and well-structured solutions for computational problems. To get hands-on experience working with these concepts, we will use the Python programming language. The main focus of the class will be weekly mini-projects that build upon the mathematical and programming principles that are taught in the class. To keep the class fun and engaging, many of the projects will involve working with strategy-based games. In part 2 of this course, the programming portion of the class will focus on concepts such as recursion, assertions, and invariants. The mathematical portion of the class will focus on searching, sorting, and recursive data structures. Upon completing this course, you will have a solid foundation in the principles of computation and programming. This will prepare you for the next course in the specialization, which will begin to introduce a structured approach to developing and analyzing algorithms. Developing such algorithmic thinking skills will be critical to writing large scale software and solving real world computational problems.
Taught by: Scott Rixner, Professor
Computer Science
Taught by: Joe Warren, Professor
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Taught by: Luay Nakhleh, Associate Professor
Computer Science; Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Course 4 of 7 in the
Fundamentals of Computing Specialization.
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| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 7-10 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Although the hardness of the course compared to the precedent ones in the specialization but it was worth the effort , like the professors have said difficult but funny, five stars , keep the good materials.
Hassan Bouchaala
i feel powerful !!! :)
I think the content of the course is very good. But I also feel that the last homework is a bit of difficult as some crucial parts of guidance is not given. It took me too much time to figure out the tile-moving helper function.
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Must have course to build foundation on computational thinking.