Algorithms & Data Structures

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Course Details

About this Course


Algorithms and data structures are the essential frameworks for solving almost any computer engineering problem. You need a fundamental grasp of these tools to understand how computers and programming languages work, their relative strengths and weaknesses and what makes a specific solution the best choice.

In this course, you’ll examine, create, compare and test the major types of algorithms and data structures. You’ll learn how to conduct a Big-O analysis to assess the complexity and runtime of your code, and how to understand the tradeoffs of using different algorithms and data structures. You’ll learn to identify different problem-solving approaches and how to forge solutions for optimal performance and efficiency.

This course is for experienced programmers and doesn’t teach any programming. It is language-agnostic, but coursework is in Python or C#.

What You'll Learn

  • How to understand number base systems and recursion
  • Approaches for sorting algorithms and Big-O analysis
  • Techniques for using arrays, lists, stacks, queues, binary trees and binary search trees, hash tables, binary heaps and priority queues, and graphs

Get Hands-On Experience 

  • Build data structures from scratch
  • Create and implement algorithms from scratch
  • Practice common job interview problems

Program Overview

This course is part of the Certificate in Software Development & Design Essentials.

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