Code: CC41A

Type

Fundamental

Description

This course is the first course of the four courses in USACO Gold level.

Objectives

Scoring 300/1000 in USACO Gold contests

Who should take this course?

A student who wants to take this course is recommended to accomplish ONE of the followings:

• Scored 600+ points in a USACO Silver contest
• Competing in USACO Gold Division
• Successfully completed the CC35B: USACO Silver Advanced - B course

Content

This course consists of:

• Graph Algorithms
  • Floyd-Warshall
  • Bellman-Ford
  • Dijkstra
  • Prim
  • Kruscal
  • Tree traversal
  • related USACO problems
• Gold level data structures
  
  • DSU and related USACO problems
• Mixed problem sets

The course includes solving / discussing 40+ easy / medium former USACO Gold problems in various topics including the above ones.

Next Course

The next course is CC41B: USACO Gold Basic - B.

It is recommended to complete at least 50% of the course (certificate of succesful completion) before taking the next one.