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In partnership with Apple, Miami Dade College\u2019s Idea Center<\/span><\/a> is offering a non-credit programming course called Swift, where students, regardless of experience, will learn how to develop apps. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The objective of the course is to teach students how to code, by using Apple\u2019s coding language, Xcode, and the Swift programming language, for writing iOS and macOS apps. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 14-week class is open to students for $349 and continuing education students for $599. Students will be instructed by professor Kenneth Loomis. The \u00a0class is scheduled to start on Feb. 5, but students can still enroll up to a week after it starts by going to www.theideacenter.co\/swift\/<\/span><\/a>. The class code is 18475. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe class was designed to be very hands on without having any homework outside of class, so basically you will have mini lectures inside class at the very beginning, but then the majority of the class will be spent programming,\u201d Loomis said. \u201cThe students will be given a kind of guiding exercise like instructions, almost a step-by-step guide, and then we\u2019ll take [a] break and we\u2019ll come back to talk about their progress.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Idea Center\u2019s Executive Director Romi Bhatia, the class is for anyone,<\/span>tech geek or novice. <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSwift is a class that we are going to be offering as a pilot. It is part of our partnership with Apple,\u201d Bhatia said. \u201cIt is essentially a way to take anybody with no background in coding and teach them how to be able to code and create IOS applications, used on iPhones, iPads [and] MacBooks as well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Bhatia, MDC is one of the six community colleges across the country offering the programming course. However, Apple is planning on expanding the program to 30 community colleges across the country. The expansion is part of their Everyone Can Code<\/span> campaign. The initiative was designed to introduce coding curriculum into elementary schools, high schools and colleges, so children and adults from various backgrounds can learn how to code. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t require any background, you just come with your interest in coding and we will teach you in a very fun and interactive way like we teach at our Idea Center classes,\u201d Bhatia said. \u201cI think that is what is going to [make] people interested in [programming].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Idea Center offers students speaker series, workshops, services and lectures with the goal of helping students become successful entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited about it because many times people think that coding and computer languages are not for them and this really is a class that teaches you computer languages in a very fun way,\u201d Bhatia said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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