Announced at eMerge Americas: Non-profit LaunchCode and The Idea Center at Miami Dade College have partnered to offer the introductory computer science course CS50xMiami to the Miami community following the Harvard and edX class’ success as a pilot program.
In his keynote speech at the eMerge Americas conference on Tuesday, LaunchCode co-founder Jim McKelvey announced that the class will kick off with an event on May 22 at 5:30 PM in the Chapman Conference Center at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson campus. The event is free and open to the public.
CS50xMiami is a live version of CS50x, Harvard’s introductory computer science class offered through edX, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. The class prepares students for careers in technology through LaunchCode apprenticeships. The 16-week course requires no prior programming experience and gives students a solid foundation with which to pursue a career in computer programming.
Career Source South Florida and other generous sponsors are working to provide scholarships for CS50xMiami students--in order to participate, students should register as soon as possible and complete the assessment portion of the application.
Students can register at www.launchcode.org/cs50xmiami. The application deadline is May 29th.
LaunchCode first offered a live CS50x class in St. Louis in the spring of 2014. Both LaunchCode and The Idea Center at MDC are supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
LaunchCode partners with over 300 companies nationally, 100 in South Florida, to place job seekers from non-traditional educational backgrounds in paid apprenticeships in technology jobs. LaunchCode currently has offices in St. Louis and South Florida and places apprentices in 10 different states with a goal of operating in all 50 states by the end of 2015.