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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The course Competitive Programmer's Core Skills offered by Coursera is collaborated with Saint Petersburg University to offer the basic programming skills on any type of platform. For aspirants who are looking for coding practice online and to get hired as a programme developer, the programme helps them to a large extent. Learners are made to learn the skills that are required to capture programme logic efficiently. Thereby learners can learn programming easily in the desired platform at the end of completion of the course.

In the engaging software environment, everyone is interlinked with software and development and even for any updates, there is a vast use of programming in an organization or at any other place. Here the course comes into a need with all the basics of programming aspirants can learn for new developments. Thereby every organization looks for programme developers and programming testers to work with errorless results. Programming has made new developments in technology and it is an endless process

The Highlights

Digital and shareable certificate with the successful completion of the programme
Approximately 32 hours to complete the course
Free access to course content throughout the course
Instructor training and self-learning with practice assessments and quizzes
Offered by Saint Petersburg State University

Programme Offerings

Online Video Lecture
video cordings
quizzes
Practice Exercises
assignments
Study Materials

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 2894	yes	Coursera

Competitive Programmer's Core Skills Fee Details for the programme are as follows:

Competitive Programmer's Core Skills Fees details:

Head	Amount
Programme Fees	Rs. 2,904 per month

Eligibility Criteria

Certification qualifying details

Candidates can avail the certificate of completion once he/she has submitted all the necessary assignments, projects and submissions.

What you will learn

C++JavaProgramming skillsKnowledge of Python

Once the Competitive Programmer's Core Skills programme is completed, candidates will get exposure to a series of areas covered under this.

Candidates will gain the skills that are required for programming for updations and applications development
Learn about dynamic programming to optimize the cost and time and maximize the profits through programme logics

Who it is for

Software DeveloperComputer ProgrammerSoftware EngineerPython ProgrammerJava Programmer

Application Details

To get admission to the Coursera course Competitive Programmer's Core Skills candidate should follow the below-mentioned steps:

Step-1: Visit the course page.

Step-2: Candidate is asked to sign up and candidate should select the type of learning that is with a certificate or without a certificate

Step-3: If the candidate selects with certificate candidate needs to pay the fee and the candidate is taken to the payment gateway

Step-4: Candidate can also apply for financial aid if he/she is applicable

Step-5: Candidate receives mil and after the confirmation, the candidate can continue the course

The Syllabus

Introduction and course structures
Soft skills
Competitions Review
Specifics of Programming Competitions
Problem example
Steps in solving a Problem
Stress testing
Custom cases and Testing workflow
Competitions reviews

2 Readings

Introduction
Solutions to problem

1 Practice Exercise

Inventing tests

Managing dependencies
Defining solution set
What is Readability?
Intuitive Proofs
Worst cases
Recursive backtracking
Big-O notation
How to make a solution faster
From theory to practice

1 Readings

Solution to problem

1 Practice Exercise

Time complexity

Non-integers
Dealing with Overflow
Floating Point Numbers
Integer types and overflow
Fixed point numbers and errors
More on Floating point
Debugging small programmes
Simplifying Code
Upsolving
Double-checking
Whee and how to use doubles

1 Readings

Solution to problem

2 Practice Exercise

Numbers
Upsolving

Activity Selection
Maximum Scalar Product
Warmup
Greedy Ordering
Proving Correctness
Summing a Segment
Segment Tree Structure
Modifying an element
Basic Data Structures
Advanced-Data Structures and I/O
C++
Java
Python
Comparing Languages

1 Readings

Solution to problem

1 Practice Exercise

Segment tree

Algorithm
Subproblems revised
Subproblems and recurrence relation
Reconstructing a solution
Warm-up
Final remarks

6 Readings

Code: computing Fibonacci numbers
Code: Reconstructing a Solution
Code: dynamic Programming Solution
Code: editing Distance
Solution to problem
Code: Optimized Brute Force Solution

2 Readings

Between polynomial and Exponential
Longest Increasing subsequence

Knapsack without repetitions
Knapsack with repetitions
Final Remarks
Summary
Chain matrix multiplication

4 Readings

Solution to problem
Code: chain matrix multiplication
Code: Knapsack with repetitions
Code: knapsack without Repetitions

1 Practice Exercise

The maximum value of Arithmetic Expressions

Instructors

SPbU Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: How can I benefit from the course?

Candidates can get benefit from the course by free accessing all the contents in the course. Candidates can download and record the classes and can watch anytime. Candidates can also avail of financial aid if eligible.

2: Can I acquire a job offering training?

No, Candidates will be skilled with certain skills that make the candidate eligible for a job with the certificate. Therefore Coursera will not give additional training for getting the job but can give practical knowledge.

3: How can I recollect the skipped classes?

Coursera offers a downloading option and a recording option for every class. Therefore the candidate can view the video lecture anytime. Candidates should also make sure that downloads are stored up to the course duration time only.

4: How can I apply for financial aid?

The candidate after enrolling in the course there is nextly a button to apply for financial aid. The candidate should submit all the required documents and details for the availing of the financial aid. The candidate will be informed before whether they are applying for financial aid or not.

5: What are the prerequisites for applying to this course?

There are no particular prerequisites to enrol in the course. Therefore everyone can enrol in the course with any qualifications. Working professionals can also apply.