Potential candidates for a full scholarship to the program include troops that have previous engineering, mathematics or computer programming experience.

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With free online courses in Computer Science, Programming, Mathematics, General Science and Entrepreneurship, Udacity has over 700, 000 users and an innovative revenue model that includes both certification for completed courses as well as a job referral services.

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To get the greatest business value from Big Data, companies are looking for multi-skilled experts who understand programming, large-scale mathematics, statistics and business.

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Commodore seeks to return that passion and enhance the ability to learn and develop skills in programming, computational media, mathematics, the arts and many other fields, to the mainstream and to the main streets across the globe.

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