Algorithms are a series of steps that, when combined, form the basis of a computer program. A flowchart is a visual representation of the algorithm. When computer programmers work on building code ...

which is a pictorial or graphical representation of a process. The uses of flowcharts are numerous in industries, such as entertainment, engineering, physical sciences, and computer programming.

Anyway, One of the courses I registered in was an Intro to Structured Programming course. It is all the basics of data types/flowcharts/truth tables/looping etc. It seems pretty rudimentary.