This Specialization covers much of the material that first-year Computer Science students take at Rice University, brought to you by the who teach our and PhD programs. Students learn sophisticated programming skills in Python from the ground up and apply these skills in building more than 20 fun projects. The Specialization concludes with a Capstone exam that allows the students to demonstrate the range of knowledge that they have acquired in the Specialization.

Fundamentals of Computing Specialization


Fundamentals of Computing Specialization
Prepare for Advanced Computer Science Courses. Learn how to program and think like a Computer Scientist



Instructors: Luay Nakhleh
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- Event-Driven Programming
- Graph Theory
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Combinatorics
- Algorithms
- Python Programming
- Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Computer Programming
- Big Data
- Mathematical Software
- Data Analysis
- Program Development
- Bioinformatics
- Interactive Design
- Computational Thinking
- Computer Science
- Programming Principles
- Probability
- Data Structures
- Application Development
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Specialization - 7 course series

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
Course 119 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Application Development
Category: Debugging
Category: Game Design
Category: Interactive Design
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Graphics

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)
Course 215 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Python Programming
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Animations
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Debugging
Category: Game Design
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Interactive Design
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Program Development
Category: Data Structures
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Application Development

Principles of Computing (Part 1)
Course 318 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Probability
Category: Combinatorics
Category: Applied Mathematics
Category: Development Testing
Category: Python Programming
Category: Simulations
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Game Design
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Debugging
Category: Software Testing
Category: Algorithms
Category: Program Development
Category: Computer Programming

Principles of Computing (Part 2)
Course 415 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Python Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Mathematical Software
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Simulations
Category: Game Design
Category: Theoretical Computer Science
Category: Computer Science
Category: Debugging
Category: Data Validation

Algorithmic Thinking (Part 1)
Course 514 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Graph Theory
Category: Network Analysis
Category: Algorithms
Category: Analysis
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Structures
Category: Theoretical Computer Science
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Computer Programming

Algorithmic Thinking (Part 2)
Course 612 hours
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Algorithms
Category: Machine Learning Algorithms
Category: Python Programming
Category: Unsupervised Learning
Category: Big Data
Category: Analysis
Category: Bioinformatics
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Data Structures
Category: Computational Thinking

The Fundamentals of Computing Capstone Exam
Course 71 hour
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Theoretical Computer Science
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Debugging
Category: Programming Principles
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