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Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1
About the Course
Recommended Background
Suggested Readings
Course Format
- Will I get a statement of accomplishment after completing this class?
Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a statement of accomplishment signed by the instructor.
- What is the format of the class?
The class consists of lecture videos, which are broken into small chunks, usually between eight and twelve minutes each. Some of these may contain integrated quiz questions. There will also be standalone quizzes that are not part of video lectures. There will be approximately two hours worth of video content per week.
- What should I know to take this class?
How to program in at least one programming language (like C, Java, or Python); familiarity with proofs, including proofs by induction and by contradiction; and some discrete probability, like how to compute the probability that a poker hand is a full house. At Stanford, a version of this course is taken by sophomore, junior, and senior-level computer science majors.
- How does Algorithms: Design and Analysis differ from the Princeton University algorithms course?
The two courses are complementary. That one emphasizes implementation and testing; this one focuses on algorithm design paradigms and relevant mathematical models for analysis. In a typical computer science curriculum, a course like this one is taken by juniors and seniors, and a course like that one is taken by first- and second-year students.
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