FOUNDATIONS LITE
Learn programming fundamentals at your own pace, with motivated peers
Master the Fundamentals of Programming at you own pace.
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Foundations Lite is perfect for those:
Wanting a Career Change
Foundations students start strong in our Immersive Bootcamp and have better graduate outcomes. Knowing how to code is a competitive skill relevant across all industries in tech.
Working with Engineers
Learn how to think like an engineer and better communicate about technology to be more effective in your job.
Curious about Tech
Technological innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented speed. It's more important now than ever to know how tech works. Beyond engineering software, coding is a valuable skill for your future.
Planning to take the Immersive?
Get a discount on Immersive when you take Foundations or Foundations Lite!
We will take off the tuition price of your Foundations or Foundations Lite course if you join the Immersive.
We will take off the tuition price of your Foundations or Foundations Lite course if you join the Immersive.
Learn to code on your own schedule
Anyone can learn how to code. Past Foundations students have been English teachers, designers, product managers, analysts, marketers, CEOs, directors, ballet dancers, and more!
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FOUNDATIONS LITE
10 hours of online lectures- At your leisure
- Recorded Lectures
- Instructor Support in Slack
- Lifetime Access
Curriculum
Build a clear understanding of fundamental programming concepts so that you can learn to think and grow like an engineer. You will be able to create logic using code, develop engineering autonomy, and practice a growth mindset.
01
Developer Skills
Developer environments- Basic test driven development
- Pseudocoding
- Imposter syndrome
- Research and documentation
- Thinking through algorithms
02
Intermediate Javascript
- Objects
- Iterating through objects
- Methods
- Nested objects & arrays
- Data modeling
03
Coding Basics
- Primitive data types
- Conditionals & comparisons
- Functions
- Variables
- Arrays
- Iterating through arrays
- Basic HTML & CSS
04
Advanced Javascript
- Basic sorting
- Higher order functions
- Scope & closures
- Instantiation
- Currying
- ES6
Make Real Progress
Get out of your learning rut. Things are better with our instructors and our active community of learners.
Explore the Possibilities
See if coding is the challenge you've been looking for - Foundations will set you up for bootcamp success.
Learn to Do It Yourself
Teach a man to fish and he will feed himself for life. Learn engineering autonomy to reach your career goals on your own.
By the end of Foundations, you will have:
- Constructed a dynamic, personal website from scratch with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Created APIs to organize and retrieve data about Pokemon and Nobel Prize winners
- Created an interactive color picker to practice DOM manipulation
- Have the knowledge, motivation and resources to continue programming
- Lifetime access to course materials and lecture videos
Our experienced instruction team will be there to guide and support you throughout your journey. You will learn how to write and run code on your own computer, use slack to communicate with your peers and create your own projects in no time.
We provide everything you need to succeed
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