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Build Android games.
Learn computer science.

Applied CS Skills is a free online course by Google designed to prepare you for your CS career through hands on coding experience.

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Prerequisites

  • A university-level data structures and algorithms class
  • Basic familiarity with Java (syntax and built-in libraries)

No prior Android experience is needed.

Required materials

You can run code on Android Studio Emulator or your own mobile device running Gingerbread or higher.

Learn CS concepts through cool projects

Build a portfolio of practical projects for your next interview

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Anagrams

HashSets, HashMaps

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Scarne's Dice

UI design, asynchronous programming

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Word Stack

Drag and drop UI, stacks

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Ghost

Binary search, trees, tries

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Puzzle 8

Heaps, priority queues, A* algorithm

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Word Ladder

Multiple activities, graphs

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Black Hole

Unit testing, Monte Carlo method

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Continental Divide

Dynamic programming

Faculty and student leaders

Use Applied CS Skills to provide students with hands-on coding practice and enhance their career trajectory.
Here's how it works.

Step 1

Review our training materials

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Step 2

Choose a track

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Step 3

Find students and a space

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Step 4

Host the program

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See examples of how faculty have used Applied CS Skills at their schools.