SWE++


SWE++ is a new committee under the Society of Women Engineers that strives to give local middle school girls access to the field of computer science and inspire them to pursue computer science as a career. The gender gap within the technology workspace is a pressing issue, and SWE++ wants to pave the path for these young girls to feel comfortable and suited for careers in technology.


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Classes

Piloted under the UC Berkeley chapter, this organization holds a ten-week programming course that encourages the development of a female computer science community and teaches students the foundations of Python. Currently our classes are held for local female and non-binary middle school students (6th to 8th grade).

SWE++ is a 10-week long program for female and nonbinary middle school students to gain introductory programming skills. Lessons are taught in both Scratch and Python and are completely created and taught by volunteers. After learning the fundamentals of computer science, students have an opportunity to showcase their new coding superpowers in a final project.

Applications for our Spring 2026 class are currently open! Apply here by Monday January 26th, 2025 at 11:59pm.

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If you have any questions, please contact us by email at sweplusplus.berkeley@gmail.com.