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15-251 Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science

Carnegie Mellon University

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2011 · score 0.7

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An undergraduate survey of theoretical computer science at Carnegie Mellon covering core ideas such as computation models, algorithms, complexity, and logic. Commenters point to its course page as a broad taste of CS.

One commenter says it looks like ideal material for getting a taste of computer science.

CS Fundamentals & Systemsbeginner#theory of computation#algorithms#complexity#cmu

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  1. Recommendsarethuza2011in “The changing face of Computer Science education”

    The "great ideas" CMU course mentioned in one of the comments looks pretty interesting - ideal stuff for getting a taste of CS:

    http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15251/Si...

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