# Software Engineering

## Sorting and Searching Algorithms in Python

This is an in-depth course designed to instill foundational and advanced knowledge of sorting and searching algorithms. The course navigates through various types and functionality of these algorithms, their complexity analysis, and practical application in solving complex coding problems.

### Course Overview

- **Language**: Python  
- **Lessons**: 8 lessons  
- **Practices**: 31 practices  
- **Duration**: 4 hours  
- **Path**: [See path](https://codesignal.com/learn/paths/mastering-algorithms-and-data-structures-in-python)

### Course Units

#### Unit 1
- **Practices**: 3 practices  
- **Duration**: 26 min  
- [Unraveling Recursion Through Classic Problems](https://codesignal.com/learn/courses/sorting-and-searching-algorithms-in-python/lessons/unraveling-recursion-through-classic-problems)
- Constructing an Alternate Fibonacci Sequence Function in Python
- Recursive Sum of Even-Indexed Elements in a Python List
- Factorial Calculation of List Elements Using Recursion

#### Unit 2
- **Practices**: 4 practices  
- **Duration**: 32 min

#### Unit 3
- **Practices**: 5 practices  
- **Duration**: 38 min

#### Unit 4
- **Practices**: 3 practices  
- **Duration**: 26 min

#### Unit 5
- **Practices**: 5 practices  
- **Duration**: 38 min

#### Unit 6
- **Practices**: 5 practices  
- **Duration**: 38 min

#### Unit 7
- **Practices**: 4 practices  
- **Duration**: 32 min

#### Unit 8
- **Practices**: 2 practices  
- **Duration**: 20 min

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