{"id":1230,"date":"2018-04-04T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/careers\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:37:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:37:52","slug":"free-summer-computer-programming-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/news\/2018\/04\/04\/free-summer-computer-programming-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE Summer Computer Programming Camp &#8211; Apply by 4\/20!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Vassar is offering a free six-week Computer Science Camp to current students! This Introduction to Computer Science non-credit course will be challenging and fun and taught through a variety of demonstrations and projects. Classes will meet daily during the week for six weeks, from June 18<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;to July 27<sup>th<\/sup>, and cover material that would otherwise be covered in a full-semester class. Basic programming, algorithms, design, documentation, and testing skills using the Python programming language will be taught, and students will work on projects that apply computer science solutions to real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior programming knowledge is not required, but participants will need a good grasp of algebra and the commitment to attend the camp for the full six weeks. The camp\u2014including classes and room and board\u2014are free, and participants will receive a $1,000 stipend for successfully completing the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested students must send resume, statement of interest, and the name of a faculty reference to John Bradley at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jcbradley@vassar.edu\">jcbradley@vassar.edu<\/a>&nbsp;by April 20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Application \u2013 2018 Vassar Computer Science Camp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Name:<br>Class Year:<br>Major:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty Recommendation (we may contact your recommender to get insight on your working habits and skills):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reason for Interest in Computer Science Camp?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any previous background in Computer Science?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does Computer Science\/Programming Fit into your interests and future plans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Posted on\u00a0Wednesday, April 4, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vassar is offering a free six-week Computer Science Camp to current students! This Introduction to Computer Science non-credit course will be challenging and fun and taught through a variety of demonstrations and projects. Classes will meet daily during the week for six weeks, from June 18th&nbsp;to July 27th, and cover material that would otherwise be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/career-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}