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Holberton School Syllabus
Holberton School Syllabus
1. Why Holberton
Table of
contents 2. The Holberton way
3. Pathways
a. Foundations
b. Specialization
1. Why Holberton?
" There's going to be
1.4m Tech Jobs
in the next decade & only
400k trained
people to fill them. "
Courtesy: The New York Times
Holberton is not your typical school.
Our curriculum covers low-level Students will not only learn Our students learn how to learn; Our students come from a variety
programming , algorithms, technical skills but build up their therefore they are able to pick up of backgrounds and experiences,
high-level programming, and soft skills through presentations, new skills and tools very quickly bringing a unique perspective to
systems engineering. technical writing, and group within any type of environment. any work environment.
Our students have a solid software projects, making them a valuable
engineering foundation — knowing asset to any team.
more than one programming
language.
Top companies hired our students
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Our Campuses
Innovation has an address
Barranquilla,
Cali, Colombia Colombia
Tulsa, OK Located in the Zonamerica,
our campus has the latest On the tech front, Barranquilla is
Tulsa, Oklahoma has a diverse home to software development
economy and offers employment technologies.
companies like Koombea,
opportunities in finance, aeronautics, IdeaWare, and FullStack Labs.
telecommunications & technology.
Innovation has an address
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2. The Holberton way
No pre-course
*This option is not available in the San Francisco location due to CA regulation.
Pathways: foundations & specializations
-SQL language
-Relational database
-Data definition language
-Data manipulation language
-Data control language
-MySQL - SQLite
-Object-relational mapping
Sysadmin / Devops
You will build web infrastructure similar to those powering tech powerhouses like LinkedIn,
Facebook, and Google. You will architect scalable, reliable, and secure systems using web
servers, load balancers, databases, firewalls, and more. You will learn to automate your job
so that you can easily manage anything from one server or hundreds of them.
Sysadmin / Devops
*This option is not available in the San Francisco location due to CA regulation
Project-Based Peer Learning
Continuing with the format that has allowed Foundations
to powerfully develop technical and soft skills,
Specializations leverage onsite interactions as well as
global peer collaboration for accelerated growth.
● Portfolio-focused projects
● Weekly interview algorithm project
● Integrated Career Sprint Curriculum
■ Portfolio Development
■ Networking
■ Negotiation
■ Whiteboarding
■ Tools & Strategies
Machine Learning
Machine Learning
Holberton’s machine learning specialization teaches the
theories behind modern-day breakthroughs in the fields of
computer vision, natural language processing, recommender
systems, autonomous driving, and more.
The Pipeline
- Web scraping
- Labeling data
- SQL & NoSQL databases
- Map Reduce
- Hosting on cloud platforms
Augmented Reality /
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
Project examples
VR:
- 360 video
- Seated/standing experience
- Room scale experience
AR:
- Marker-based recognition
- Location-based application
- Plane detection / physics game Development of the AR
image recognition project
Concepts
VR:
- Methods of navigation Development of the VR room project
- Designing for 3DOF vs. 6DOF
- User comfort
AR:
- SDKs (ARCore, ARKit, Vuforia)
- UI/UX design
- Accessibility
Development of the VR 360 video project
Low Level and algorithms
Low Level and algorithms
-File streams
-The Linux programming
-Interface: system calls
-Memory management
-Process tracing
-IPC:Inter-Process Communication
-The ELF file format
-Assembly with Intel x86
-The Linux filesystem
Low Level and Algorithms
Blockchain
This last part of the low-level specialization teaches students
Data Structures and Algorithms how to build their own Blockchain, and extend it to a basic
cryptocurrency. The whole project will be built from scratch
This next part of the low-level curriculum is designed
to introduce students to complex, yet widely used and entirely in C.
data structures and algorithms. Data structures and
algorithms are a means of manipulating and Blockchain is a very big trend, and it not only applies to the
transforming data. They help developers solve software industry, but to many others, such as banking,
problems in a reliable and maintainable way. health, telecommunication, and more. By the end of this big
project, students will have a strong understanding of what
These advanced data structures and algorithms
makes the Blockchain technologies so reliable and secure.
include:
Project Examples
- Shell v2
- Strace
- Create your own Malloc
- Build a simple HTTP REST API in C
- Mastery of Red - Black Trees
- Execute advanced algorithm design
- Parsing ELF files
- Blockchain Implementation in C
Full-Stack Web Development
Full-stack web development (Available Jan 2020)
Holberton’s web stack specialization advances the web development principles and skills introduced in Foundations. During
the specialization, students approach and build various web applications - utilizing the most recent frameworks.
Students will learn advanced skills in front-end, back-end, and React development, mastering frameworks that are in
high-demand throughout the industry.
Whether it's front-end, back-end, React- specific or full-stack engineering, this curriculum prepares students to create,
maintain, and improve web applications and APIs, some of which are used every day.
By following this specialization, students will be well-versed in HTML, CSS, Advanced Javascript, Advanced Python,
ReactJS, Redux, SASS, responsive design, Accessibility, ES6, NodeJS, NoSQL, MySQL advanced, Redis, User
Authentication , and more. The end of each trimester has a web-focused portfolio project culminating the content learned.
Full-stack Web Development
Project Examples
*This option is not available in the San Francisco location due to CA regulation
Career Track: Career Sprint & On-the-job training*
After foundations, if a student chooses to seek employment, they will first complete a Career Sprint to
better prepare for the road ahead and then, find employment.
Career Sprint: Designed to keep students accountable during the job search process. The Career Sprint
helps students build processes and get connected to resources that will be helpful throughout the
entirety of their professional careers. Once completed, students will be fully prepared for their first work
opportunities.
On-the-job training: Once a student finds a full-time employment opportunity meeting all of our criteria,
and invests a specified duration of commitment to it, they are then considered a graduate. Continued
support from Holberton during this phase of a student’s journey helps build lasting skills.
*This option is not available in the San Francisco location due to CA regulation.
Career Sprint*
*This option is not available in the San Francisco location due to CA regulation.
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