CCC Junior and Senior Preparation
One season, two tracks, real problem solving: from the first CCC Junior loops to the Senior algorithms that lead toward the Canadian Computing Olympiad.
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Book a Priority DemoHow long this course takes
This course runs A 24-week season, September to the CCC on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, joinable any month at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed practice contests. The range allows for background and pace: a complete beginner uses the full span, and a student with prior knowledge finishes sooner. The syllabus below is planned to the shorter end, with margin kept for revision.
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At a glance
- Who it is for
- Students roughly aged 13 to 18 who can write simple programs (Junior track) or are confident programmers ready for algorithms (Senior track). Age: Roughly 13 to 18. Level is chosen by skill, not by grade.
- Prerequisites
- Junior track: simple programs with variables, loops and conditions. Senior track: confident with lists or arrays, functions and basic sorting
- Format
- Live, interactive classes with a real teacher, never pre-recorded videos. Live classes run about one hour.
- Language
- English or Hindi, depending on the batch.
- Duration
- A 24-week season, September to the CCC on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, joinable any month
- Weekly commitment
- 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed practice contests
- Class size
- Group batches of 15 to 20 students, mini batches of up to 6, or 1-on-1.
- Certificate
- Certificate from Modern Age Coders, awarded on passing the final assessment
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Program Overview
The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is run by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo. The 2027 contest for North and South America is on Wednesday, February 17, 2027. It has two levels: Junior, for "any participant with beginner to intermediate programming skills", and Senior, for "any participant with intermediate to advanced programming skills", and CEMC says each participant can choose the best level "regardless of their grade". Each level has 5 questions, the time allowed is 3 hours, and it is scored out of 75. CCC participants may use C, C++, Python 2, Python 3 or Java, and the contest is written in school: participants write online, individually.
This course is a full September-to-February season with two parallel tracks. The Junior track follows the skills CEMC's own question guide describes, from basic loops and conditions, through loops, conditions and counting together, up to the recursion, two-dimensional arrays and efficient algorithms of the hardest Junior question. The Senior track starts where CEMC says the Senior paper starts, with sorting and searching, then moves through careful counting and mathematical reasoning toward the algorithms of the final question, which CEMC calls an IOI level question. Both tracks are taught in Python or C++. For Senior students aiming beyond the CCC we teach C++ properly, because CEMC states that "CCO participants must use C++".
Practice comes from two places: our own original problems written for each topic, and CEMC's free past contests, which CEMC publishes with no registration or fee and which students can also try on CEMC's free CCC Online Grader practice account. We never copy contest problems into our materials; students work them where CEMC publishes them. Students register through their school, not through us. We teach the skills and the contest habits, and we make no promise of scores, distinctions, CCO invitations or admissions.
What Makes This Program Different
- Built for the CCC as CEMC runs it: 5 questions, 3 hours, scored out of 75, written online at school
- Two tracks in one season: Junior and Senior, with the level chosen by skill, not by grade
- Python or C++, with an honest explanation of when C++ matters and why the CCO requires it
- Our own original problems for every topic, plus CEMC's free past contests used as practice where CEMC publishes them
- A timed practice contest every month, ending with full 3-hour mock contests in January and February
- Clear guidance on registering through a school, including CEMC's advice when a school does not take part
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Topics Covered
- The CCC format: 5 questions, 3 hours, scored out of 75, Junior and Senior levels
- Choosing a level by skill: a diagnostic to place each student on the Junior or Senior track
- Setting up Python or C++ and creating a free practice account on CEMC's CCC Online Grader
- Reading input exactly as the statement describes and printing exactly what is asked
- Basic loops and conditions on short original problems
- Testing with the sample input, then with cases you write yourself
Projects You Build
- A personal starting profile: track choice, language choice and five solved warm-up problems
Practice & Assignments
Ten short original problems, each tested on at least two extra cases before submitting
Topics Covered
- String processing: characters, counting, reversing and comparing
- Lists and arrays: storing input, scanning, finding maxima and minima
- Counting with conditions, the core of the middle Junior questions
- Dictionaries or maps for frequency counts
- Simulation: following a set of rules step by step
- Edge cases: empty input, one item, ties and the largest values
Projects You Build
- A counting and simulation problem set solved in full, with a written list of edge cases for each
Practice & Assignments
A first CEMC past contest from CEMC's site, attempted untimed, with a written review
Assessment
Month 1 timed round: a short practice contest of original problems
Topics Covered
- Reading and storing a grid of characters or numbers
- Moving through a grid: neighbours, borders and directions
- Breaking a solution into functions so it stays readable
- Debugging with small hand-made test cases
- Avoiding repeated work inside loops
- Writing clean code fast enough for a 3-hour contest
Projects You Build
- A grid puzzle solver for an original problem, organized into clear functions
Practice & Assignments
Grid and simulation problems, each traced on a small grid by hand first
Topics Covered
- Counting the steps a program takes as the input grows
- Reading the input limits to guess what solution is needed
- Why a nested loop can pass small tests and time out on large ones
- Sorting with the built-in sort and when it helps
- Partial marks: solving the small cases when the full solution is out of reach
- Keeping an error log of every wrong or slow submission
Projects You Build
- Solve one original problem three ways, from slow to fast, and time each version
Practice & Assignments
Mixed problem set plus one CEMC past contest at the student's level, reviewed in class
Assessment
Phase 1 assessment: a 90-minute practice contest and a written review of every question
Topics Covered
- Combining loops, conditions and counting in one solution
- Careful string and number parsing from mixed input
- Nested loops over pairs and their cost
- Sets for fast membership checks
- Planning a solution in plain words before coding
- Checking the answer against the samples and a brute-force version
Projects You Build
- Five original middle-level problems, each with a plain-word plan and a test list
Practice & Assignments
Middle Junior questions from CEMC past contests, solved on CEMC's site and reviewed in class
Topics Covered
- Grids as two-dimensional arrays or lists of lists
- Rotations, reflections and counting regions
- Flood fill to find connected areas
- Row and column totals for fast answers
- Off-by-one and border mistakes, and how to avoid them
- Choosing between storing a grid and computing on the fly
Projects You Build
- An original region-counting problem solved with flood fill
Practice & Assignments
Grid problems timed at 30 minutes each, with every miss logged
Topics Covered
- Base case and recursive case on small examples
- Recursive counting and generating all options
- Recursive flood fill and its limits
- Tracing recursion with a call diagram
- When to replace recursion with a loop
- Pruning: stopping early when an option cannot work
Projects You Build
- Three recursion problems solved and explained in a short written note
Practice & Assignments
Recursion problem set with a trace for each solution
Topics Covered
- Spotting a pattern so a slow search becomes a quick formula
- Prefix sums for fast range totals
- Sorting first to make a problem simple
- Breadth-first search on a grid for shortest moves
- Earning partial marks with a correct slow solution, then improving it
- When a Junior student is ready to try the Senior track
Projects You Build
- Take a slow solution from earlier in the course and rewrite it to run within the limits
Practice & Assignments
A full Junior-style mock of original problems, timed at 3 hours
Assessment
Junior track assessment: a full timed mock with a written review of every question
Topics Covered
- Sorting with custom keys and comparators
- Binary search on a sorted list and binary search on the answer
- Two pointers and sliding windows
- Prefix sums and difference arrays
- Fast input and output in Python and C++
- Reading constraints to choose the right complexity
Projects You Build
- An original problem solved with binary search on the answer, with a written proof that it is fast enough
Practice & Assignments
Early Senior questions from CEMC past contests, solved on CEMC's site and reviewed in class
Topics Covered
- Counting without listing: the multiplication rule and complements
- Avoiding overflow, and taking answers modulo a number
- GCD, primes and divisibility in contest problems
- Greedy choices and how to check one is safe
- Turning a word problem into a precise mathematical model
- Testing a clever idea against a brute-force check
Projects You Build
- A greedy and counting problem pack with a short argument for each solution
Practice & Assignments
Counting and reasoning problems at 40 minutes each, with the idea written before the code
Topics Covered
- Representing graphs with adjacency lists
- Depth-first and breadth-first search
- Connected components and cycle checks
- Shortest paths with Dijkstra's algorithm
- Disjoint set union
- Spotting a graph hidden inside a problem that never says graph
Projects You Build
- An original routing problem solved with breadth-first search and then with Dijkstra's algorithm
Practice & Assignments
Graph problem set, with C++ versions written by students aiming at the CCO
Topics Covered
- Defining a state and a transition
- Classic one-dimensional and grid dynamic programming
- Knapsack-style choices
- Combining techniques on the hardest question of a paper
- Partial marks on the final question: solving the smaller subtasks first
- C++ for speed: the standard library containers students will use most
Projects You Build
- Solve one original dynamic programming problem top-down and bottom-up, and compare
Practice & Assignments
A full Senior-style mock of original problems, timed at 3 hours
Assessment
Senior track assessment: a full timed mock with a written review of every question
Topics Covered
- Reading all five questions first and ordering the attempt
- Banking the early questions quickly and carefully
- Deciding when to move on from a stuck question
- Partial-mark strategy on the last two questions
- Testing before submitting, every time
- Using CEMC's past contests from the last 10 years as timed practice on CEMC's site
Projects You Build
- Two full 3-hour mocks, each followed by a written pacing review
Practice & Assignments
One full timed mock a week at the student's level, then a structured upsolve
Topics Covered
- Upsolving: solving every missed question unaided after the mock
- Reading the error log to find the real weak spot
- Targeted mini-lessons on each student's weakest topic
- Templates and checklists kept short and personal
- Choosing Python or C++ for the contest day, with honest advice for each student
- Making sure the school has the student on its CCC order
Projects You Build
- A personal weak-spot plan with three topics, each with a problem set completed
Practice & Assignments
Original problem sets on each student's weak topics
Assessment
Month 5 assessment: a full timed mock reviewed one to one with the teacher
Topics Covered
- Final full mocks under contest timing
- Calm, routine starts: setup, reading and the first question
- Checking output format one last time
- What to do when the code works on samples but not on the judge
- Rest and practice balance in the last two weeks
- Reading CEMC's current CCC instructions together
Projects You Build
- A final mock with a written contest-day plan
Practice & Assignments
Light, steady practice: short problems that keep skills sharp
Topics Covered
- Contest-day routine for the CCC on Wednesday, February 17, 2027
- After the contest: upsolving the paper once CEMC publishes it
- For Senior students: what the CCO is and how CEMC selects for it
- For Junior students: whether to aim for Senior next season
- Planning the next season of practice
- Presenting a favourite solution of the season to the class
Projects You Build
- A next-season plan based on the error log and the mock history
Practice & Assignments
Write a full explanation of your favourite solution of the season for a newer student
Assessment
Final assessment: the last mock contest result plus a short conversation about method choices
Projects You'll Build
Build a professional portfolio with A season of solved original problems, reviewed CEMC past contests, an error log and a mock contest history real-world projects.
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Straight answers about CCC Junior and Senior Preparation (Canadian Computing Competition)
- Who should take this course?
- Students roughly aged 13 to 18 who can write simple programs (Junior track) or are confident programmers ready for algorithms (Senior track). Age: Roughly 13 to 18. Level is chosen by skill, not by grade. It suits students who can code a little and want to write ccc junior with real preparation; students who wrote junior before and want to reach the harder questions or move up to senior; confident programmers who want the sorting, searching, graph and dynamic programming toolkit for ccc senior.
- What will they learn and build?
- The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) is run by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) at the University of Waterloo. The 2027 contest for North and South America is on Wednesday, February 17, 2027.
- How deeply are topics covered?
- The course runs A 24-week season, September to the CCC on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, joinable any month at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed practice contests, across 3 phases listed week by week in the syllabus below.
- Who teaches it?
- Modern Age Coders mentors, who teach the live classes themselves. You can watch them at work in the free class recordings before you decide.
- How do practice, feedback and assessment work?
- Classwork in every session and homework after every class. A certificate from Modern Age Coders that you earn by passing the final assessment, with a free retest after revision if needed.
- What does it cost?
- Three monthly plans: a group batch, a mini batch and 1-on-1. Prices are shown in your currency in the plans section. Monthly billing, cancel any time.
- When can classes take place?
- Live classes are scheduled around your week. Group batches meet at a fixed weekly slot; 1-on-1 students choose their own. International students are scheduled in their own timezone. Ask on WhatsApp for the current slots.
- Can I watch the teaching before deciding?
- Yes. Full recordings of real 13 and up classes are free to watch, free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course. Some classes are in English and some in Hindi; everyone follows at their own pace. Watch a class end to end, like you are in it. Sessions are interactive and each moment builds on the last.
- Can I enroll without a live demo?
- Yes. Choose a plan on this page and enrol directly; a demo is not required. If you would like to see a full class with a mentor first, book a Priority Demo.
- How do I reach you with a question?
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