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About the Course

This course covers the essential information that every serious programmer needs to know about algorithms and data structures, with
emphasis on applications and scientific performance analysis of Java implementations. Part I covers elementary data structures, sorting, and
searching algorithms. Part II focuses on graph- and string-processing algorithms. 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 Algorithms, Fourth Edition (upon which the course is
based) or visit the website algs4.cs.princeton.edu for a wealth of additional material. This course does not offer a certificate upon completion.
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Top reviews

GG

Oct 31, 2016

Extremely well designed course. The assignments touch all the concepts taught in the class. Lot of concepts get clarified when you try to reach 100% on each assignment. Highly recommend this course.

CS

Oct 26, 2021

Incredible learning experience. Every programmer in industry should take this course if only to dispel the idea that with the advent of cloud computing exponential algorithms can still ruin your day!

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By Todd S

Oct 20, 2016

Great lectures, great programming assignments and grading, overall I really enjoyed this course. I tried to get through it 2 other times and finally had the time & patience to do it and I'm so glad I did. Thank you!

By Nguyen D L

Feb 4, 2021

The programming exercises were excellent practices for the theory from the lectures. Thank you so much Professor Sedgewick and Professor Wayne.

This course will be a great way to inspire my son on his CS education.

By Edward J

Aug 17, 2021

Great course for beginners looking to gain a fundamental understanding of some of the most powerful data structures and algorithms in computer science. This is a tough course but the work you put in will pay off.

By Norbert K

Oct 16, 2021

Excellent!!!

Only one thing (improvement) comes to my mind. Please add verification/tests to interview questions. They are quite hard and unit tests would we very helpful. After that this course would be PERFECT!

By Lokesh S

Jul 5, 2024

Explained beautifully. The great part is it was done without dumbing down the sophistication/complexity of the concepts involved. Instead was taught in a way that made complex things seem intuitive and natural.

By Vikram W

Mar 30, 2021

Excellent course. Assignments are really tough and good learning experience. I thought I can code in Java until I saw the autograder output. Recommended for anyone who is serious about their programming skills.

By Новоселов И Е

May 27, 2018

Aside from a properly given material this course has a very thorough automated unit-testing tool when submitting your homework. I personally consider this as a huge advantage over the peer-review based courses.

By AKASH S

Mar 5, 2023

If possible please provide certificates too, it can greatly enhance a person's profile, considering the high-quality content in this course. Apart from that I really enjoyed learning and doing the assignments.

By Tsimur A

Mar 11, 2021

Very detailed and easy to grasp explanations. Balanced in terms of difficulty practical tasks - not that hard to implement and at the same time showing you interesting applications of algorithms just learned.

By Peter D

Jun 13, 2017

Phenomenal Course. I've learned so much about algorithms in the course; no doubt about it.

The assignments are really engaging and have real world applications. They have made be a better overall programmer.

By Tomasz G

Oct 29, 2017

Excellent course - especially the problem sets! I wish, however, there was an option for obtaining a certificate. Some people might not take this class due to this very issue and I think it would be a shame.

By Michael G

Aug 16, 2017

Very good course especially if you already know a bit of Java. I had enough programming experience to complete the course but it was rough the first couple of weeks having to teach myself Java along with it.

By rocky O

Dec 7, 2018

Excellent! Highly recommend to people who want to study algorithms. Though the assignments may be very challenge to you, you can get support on the forum and it's really worth taking your time finish them .

By wyq

May 5, 2018

Good experience for reviewing data structure. The exercises are challenging for the strict performance requirements and adequate test cases. I also acquired some interesting new things like random sampling.

By David A G

Mar 14, 2023

This is an excellent introductory class. It blends many topics from algorithms in a very informative way. I would recommend this course to students who have a functional knowledge of computer programming.

By Dubhe d N

Feb 19, 2023

It is a really good course. I recommend using the book to understand implementations in detail. Assignments sometimes can be difficult to understand but the answers in the forum will help you move forward.

By Oliver R

Apr 23, 2022

This is a good course on algorithms including auto-graded assignments. It is annoying that the auto-grader will reject your assignment for things like not having everything private, but it is good overall.

By Irmak C

Jul 14, 2017

Graded exercises and final exam are still not migrated to new platform, hence they are missing. However programming assignments already take considerable amount of time, therefore cannot complain about it.

By Mengfei W

Jul 8, 2018

Certainly recommend this course to anyone who's new to algorithm. The autograder is very powerful! Once you understand how to pinpoint the error via autograder, your debugging process will be very smooth!

By Andrea D

Jul 10, 2022

Fantastic course, great content. The video lessons are packed with simple examples that make it very easy to understand even the most complicated concepts. Will definetely start Algorithms, Part II soon.

By Phuc N

Nov 9, 2017

Gives sufficient understanding of algorithms to go forward. Problems are difficult enough to test programming skills. Would love to see the final exam and exercises being migrated from the old platform.

By Guojie L

Oct 31, 2017

few people would like to read an algorithm book, this course transfer those hard concepts into examples, which is more easy to be accepted. I really enjoy the progress i have made through learning this!

By Jean P M C

Sep 17, 2019

This course provided a very detailed explanation about algorithms and their practical uses.

The assigments were not easy, and were really helpful on understanding the content. A really amazing course.

By vctrl

May 12, 2018

Amazing course, greatly refined my skills! Very interesting and really challenging problems, enjoyed them so much. Thanks for hard work, and of course for that all of this materials available for free!

By PPL

Jul 14, 2017

I relearned the fundamental knowledge of algorithms and data structure through this course.

This course is well designed and has in-depth content. Besides that, the online grader system is also great!