Stanford University is offering a free online course on Introduction to Logic. The course was originally designed for use at the college level.
The course presumes that the student understands sets and set operations, such as union, intersection, and so forth. The course will start on March 30, 2020.
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( votes)Course At Glance
Length: 10 weeks of study
Effort: 4-8 hours/week
Subject: Introduction to Logic
Institution: Stanford University and Coursera
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on March 30, 2020
Providers’ Details
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.
About This Course
This course is an introduction to Logic from a computational perspective. It shows how to encode information in the form of logical sentences; it shows how to reason with information in this form; and it provides an overview of logic technology and its applications – in mathematics, science, engineering, business, law, and so forth.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. Applicants can get a verified certificate.
Learning Outcomes
The course was originally designed for use at the college level. However, experience has shown that it works for secondary school students as well, and it can be used at the start of graduate school for those who have not yet seen the material.
Requirements
There are just two prerequisites. The course presumes that the student understands sets and set operations, such as union, intersection, and so forth. It also presumes that the student is comfortable with symbolic manipulation, as used, for example, in solving high-school algebra problems. Nothing else is required.
Instructors
Michael Genesereth
Michael Genesereth is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. He received his Sc.B. in Physics from M.I.T. and his PhD in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. Prof. Genesereth is most known for his work on computational logic and applications of that work in enterprise computing, computational law, and general game playing. He has taught logic for many years at Stanford and offers an annual massive online course on the logic that has reached over 500,000 students. He is the current director of the Logic Group at Stanford and founder and research director of CodeX (The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics).
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website
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- Choose “Register Now” to get started.
