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About the Course

The basis for education in the last millennium was “reading, writing, and arithmetic;” now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is an essential part of the education of every student, not just in the sciences and engineering, but in the arts, social sciences, and humanities, as well. Beyond direct applications, it is the first step in understanding the nature of computer science’s undeniable impact on the modern world. This course covers the first half of our book Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach (the second half is covered in our Coursera course Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines). Our intent is to teach programming to those who need or want to learn it, in a scientific context. We begin by introducing basic programming elements such as variables, conditionals, loops, arrays, and I/O. Next, we turn to functions, introducing key concepts such as recursion, modular programming, and code reuse. Then, we present a modern introduction to object-oriented programming. We use the Java programming language and teach basic skills for computational problem solving that are applicable in many modern computing environments. Proficiency in Java is a goal, but we focus on fundamental concepts in programming, not Java per se. All the features of this course are available for free. People who are interested in digging deeper into the content may wish to obtain the textbook Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach (upon which the course is based) or to visit the website introcs.cs.princeton.edu for a wealth of additional material. This course does not offer a certificate upon completion....

Top reviews

VS

May 13, 2019

Beautiful course. I am a software developer with 10+ years of experience in programming and have never realized depth of actual MATH behind all that I do. Thank you Robert Sedgewick, you are the BEST.

PK

Aug 6, 2023

This was a very great course to learn a powerful programming language, techniques used. This has changed my life for better and am looking forward to a career change into the programming world.

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By Salamat B

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May 18, 2020

I like assignments!

By Devdatt P

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Nov 14, 2023

Best for beginners

By AANSHIKA S

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Jun 8, 2020

excellent approach

By Mabasha S

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Jul 11, 2023

excellent course.

By Amir N

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Jul 6, 2020

Love this course.

By Muhamed A M A A

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Dec 3, 2023

Really Thank you

By Augusto B

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Sep 9, 2023

muito bom curso.

By Fotis S

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Jul 24, 2020

Excellent course

By Edgar S

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Aug 6, 2024

good finished

By mohamed a o

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Jun 5, 2024

well cs intro

By Avinash K

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Jun 25, 2020

Great course!

By WILSON M

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Jun 28, 2023

great course

By John O

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Apr 23, 2023

Great Course

By Anish S

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Sep 13, 2022

Good course

By Kiko S

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Jul 24, 2020

Excellent!!!

By Abdalrhman A M S

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Dec 12, 2023

Nice course

By sushant k

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Jul 6, 2022

Good course

By Sergio C

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Jul 4, 2022

Excellent!!

By Amandeep S

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Mar 2, 2022

good course

By Manuel R

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Jul 31, 2023

Muy bueno

By anas m

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Dec 25, 2022

thank you

By Deleted A

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Dec 21, 2022

very nice

By Belal F A M

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Dec 19, 2022

EXCELLENT

By lxl1986

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Oct 23, 2019

elegant.

By Walid T

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Dec 25, 2022

awesome