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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 Kaishuo L

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Dec 1, 2022

nice experience even though I have learned C programming language

By Maksym G

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Jul 21, 2020

Knowledge and confidence you get are well worth time and effort.

By J F

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Oct 15, 2024

A bit challenging, but made me realize I need to work harder.

By Canshu L

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Aug 7, 2021

Fine. But at the end, the programming assignment is simple...

By ZS

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Mar 24, 2023

Great teacher and wonderful course content. I learned a lot!

By 石志远

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Oct 27, 2022

the course is very useful for beginners. highly recommended

By Malquiel J B H

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Sep 28, 2020

Muy completo. Una muy buena introducción a la programación.

By Anand N

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Feb 27, 2020

Best course to learn about fundamentals of computer science

By Khayrat G

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Dec 24, 2019

Great Lectures and carefully prepared exercises. Thank you!

By Steve S

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Jun 21, 2022

Would be better if there is more robust discussion threads

By jimo

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Jan 10, 2022

Excellent material great tests. Worth the time and effort!

By Mike D

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Aug 2, 2020

Very good course to gain the skills of java programming!

By Song W

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Aug 5, 2019

Thank you very much, gratitude to teachers and coursera.

By Deleted A

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Aug 1, 2020

Excellent course! Thoroughly enjoyed the assignments.

By Leonardo O

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Apr 23, 2020

100% recommended, for beginner and even some avanced

By rinus

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Jan 20, 2021

Thanks ,I get much practice in my java programming.

By KAVIGURU K

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Jul 2, 2023

good and its very good infoemation of the studies

By hezhigang

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Feb 22, 2022

This is a great online course for java developer

By Albert C

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May 22, 2020

I loved this course! It got me from zero to hero!

By John D R

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Oct 14, 2024

Great experience. I really enjoyed this class!!

By Xu Y

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Sep 22, 2019

This is one of the best courses I had ever had.

By Bruno M C Q

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Dec 31, 2020

Great course, made me use my brain quite a bit

By Maria E M

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Jan 9, 2021

amazing course, help me understand algorithms

By Albrecht W

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Jun 14, 2020

Very good course with challenging assignments

By Fikri A N

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May 30, 2022

this course is very good, to know more java