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+description: Study group in January to June 2025 designed for R contributors to develop skills in C programming.
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+# C Study Group for R Contributors 2025
+
+This is a study group meeting once a month for existing/aspiring R contributors that want to gain/refresh basic skills in C programming.
+
+It will run from **January to June 2025**.
+
+<center><img src="woman_studying.jpg" alt="Woman studying in a library with books and a laptop" width="50%"/></center>
+
+## Study materials
+
+The main study materials are from the C sessions of [CS50](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/), Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science. This will be supplemented with a chapter from [Deep R Programming](https://deepr.gagolewski.com/chapter/310-compiled.html) on R's C API.
+
+**Note: the CS50 website will update on January 1st, 2025, with an updated version of the course.**
+
+## Schedule
+
+**Note: this schedule will be updated with the exact dates once they have been decided (see 'Timing' section below). Links will also be updated to the 2025 material once released.**
+
+| Session  | Month   | Resource | Material                                                                                   |
+|------------|------------|------------|-------------------------------------|
+| 1   | Jan | CS50     | [C](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/1/)                                              |
+| 2   | Feb | CS50     | [Arrays](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/2/)                                         |
+| 3   | Mar | CS50     | [Algorithms](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/3/)                                     |
+| 4   | Apr | CS50     | [Memory](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/4/)                                         |
+| 5   | May | CS50     | [Data Structures](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/weeks/5/)                                |
+| 6   | Jun | Deep R   | [Interfacing compiled code [in R]](https://deepr.gagolewski.com/chapter/310-compiled.html) |
+
+## Commitment
+
+Participants should study the material and attempt the corresponding exercises before each study group meeting.
+
+A suggested weekly schedule for each month for the CS50 material is:
+
+-   Week 1: Watch "Lecture" video (2.5 hr)
+-   Week 2: Watch "Shorts" (\~6 x 10-15 min videos that expand on topics in the lecture) and do one or more of the [additional practice](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/practice/) problems for the corresponding week
+-   Week 3: Watch "Section" (~1hr video going beyond the lecture) and do one or more of the remaining additional practice problems
+-   Week 4: Meet to share solutions to the practice problems. Optional: Do "Problem Set" and submit if doing course for credit, or if you want to receive an automatic grade to check your progress
+
+**Note: we may update the suggestions about which problems to attempt when the CS50 course for 2025 is published.**
+
+The additional practice problems are often harder than the problem set, 
+however we suggest leaving the problem set till after the meetup and attempting 
+this independently (this is expected if you are doing the course for credit).
+
+There is the option to do further study towards a free [certificate](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/certificate/) from Harvard or a verified certificate from edX (~200 USD, financial assistance program available on edX). See the CS50 website for details.
+
+At study group meetings, participants should be prepared to share and discuss their work on the exercises.
+
+## Timing
+
+The book club will typically meet in the 4th week of the month, from January to June 2024.
+
+**In order to determine the best time (or two) to hold the meetings, if you are interested in attending, please fill out [this whenisgood poll](https://whenisgood.net/jqfrg3j) with your availability by MONDAY JANUARY 6TH 2025, 11PM UTC.** 
+
+**This page will be updated later that week with the chosen day/time(s).**
+
+In due course, the [events](/events) page will be updated with actual times in your time zone, along with Google calendar and iCalendar links.
+
+Sign up to attend the sessions on the [R Contributors Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/r-contributors/events/).
+
+Sessions will be recorded and shared on on the [R Contributors Slack](/slack) for people that can't make the meetings.
+
+## Further help
+
+Participants are encouraged to join the #c-study-group channel on the [R Contributors Slack](/slack) to discuss with others as they work through the material. CS50 also has [communities](https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2024/communities/) on multiple platforms that you can connect to.