About this XSeries
The courses in the XSeries are designed to help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming learn to think computationally and write programs to tackle useful problems. Some of the people taking the two courses will use them as a stepping stone to more advanced computer science courses, but for many it will be their first and last computer science courses. Since these courses may be the only formal computer science courses many of the students take, we have chosen to focus on breadth rather than depth. The goal is to provide students with a brief introduction to many topics so they will have an idea of what is possible when they need to think about how to use computation to accomplish some goal later in their career. That said, they are not “computation appreciation” courses. They are challenging and rigorous courses in which the students spend a lot of time and effort learning to bend the computer to their will.
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python covers the notion of computation, the Python programming language, some simple algorithms, testing and debugging, and informal introduction to algorithmic complexity, and some simple algorithms and data structures. Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science will teach you how to use computation to accomplish a variety of goals and provides you with a brief introduction to a variety of topics in computational problem solving.
What you'll learn
- Programming
- Data structures
- Computational thinking
- Data science
- Algorithms
From | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx via edX |
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Hours | 63 |
Instructors | Eric Grimson, John Guttag, Ana Bell |
Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Science |
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Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science 6.00.2x will teach you how to use computation to accomplish a variety of goals and provides you with a brief introduction to a variety of topics in computational problem solving .... edX | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx |
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From | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MITx via edX |
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Hours | 63 |
Instructors | Eric Grimson, John Guttag, Ana Bell |
Language | English |
Subjects | Programming Science |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Teacher: Computer Science $55k
Instructor - Computer Science $72k
Lecturer of Computer Science $72k
Computer Science educator $78k
Computer Science Specialist $87k
Lecturer (Computer Science) $98k
MS Computer Science $106k
Professor Computer Science $109k
Computer Science R&D $129k
Associate Computer Science $133k
Professor - Computer Science $138k
MS in Computer Science $141k
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