The Open Source Learning Computer Science

This is a curated list of free courses from reputable universities like MIT, Stanford, and Princeton that satisfy the same requirements as an undergraduate Computer Science degree, minus general education.

Computer Science Basics

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Intro to Computer Science	Harvard	10 weeks	10-20 hours/week	self-paced	none

Programming

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software	Duke	4 weeks	4-8 hours/week	twice a month	none
Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data	Duke	4 weeks	4-8 hours/week	twice a month	Java Programming: Solving Problems with Software
Object Oriented Programming in Java	Duke	6 weeks	4-6 hours/week	every week	Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data
Data Structures and Performance	Duke	6 weeks	6-10 hours/week	every week	Object Oriented Programming in Java
Java Programming: Principles of Software Design	Duke	4 weeks	4-8 hours/week	twice a month	Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data
Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System	Duke	4 weeks	3-6 hours/week	once a month	Java Programming: Principles of Software Design
Programming Languages, Part A	UW	5 weeks	8-16 hours/week	once a month	Object Oriented Programming in Java
Programming Languages, Part B	UW	3 weeks	8-16 hours/week	once a month	Programming Languages, Part A
Programming Languages, Part C	UW	3 weeks	8-16 hours/week	once a month	Programming Languages, Part B

Math

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Calculus 1A: Differentiation	MIT	12 weeks	6-10 hours/week	self-paced	pre-calculus
Calculus 1B: Integration	MIT	15 weeks	6-10 hours/week	self-paced	Calculus 1A: Differentiation
Calculus 1C: Coordinate Systems & Infinite Series	MIT	8 weeks	6-10 hours/week	self-paced	Calculus 1B: Integration
Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers	UT Austin	15 weeks	6-10 hours/week	self-paced	pre-calculus
Introduction to Probability and Data	Duke	5 weeks	5-7 hours/week	twice a month	none
Intro to Statistics	Udacity	8 weeks	5-7 hours/week	self-paced	none

Systems

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	6 weeks	5 hours/week	twice a month	basic programming knowledge
Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris II	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	6 weeks	10-15 hours/week	once a month	Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris
Introduction to Operating Systems	Georgia Tech	8 weeks	5-8 hours/week	self-paced	Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris II

Theory

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines	Princeton	10 weeks	2-5 hours/week	once a month	Calculus 1A (all), basic programming
Algorithms, Part I	Princeton	6 weeks	6-12 hours/week	once a month	Computer Science: Algorithms, Theory, and Machines
Algorithms, Part II	Princeton	6 weeks	6-12 hours/week	once a month	Algorithms, Part I

Applications

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Software Engineering: Introduction	UBCx	6 weeks	8-10 hours/week	self-paced	Java Programming: Build a Recommendation System
Machine Learning	Stanford	11 weeks	5-7 hours/week	twice a month	Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers
Database Management Essentials	CU	7 weeks	4-6 hours/week	twice a month	basic programming & CS knowledge
Cryptography I	Stanford	7 weeks	5 hours/week	once a month	Linear Algebra - Foundations to Frontiers & Introduction to Probability and Data

Unix

Courses	School	Duration	Effort	Frequency	Prerequisites
Linux Command Line Basics	Udacity	1 week	5 hours/week	self-paced	none
The Unix Workbench	JHU	4 weeks	4 hours/week	once a month	none

Core ethics

Topics covered: Social Context Analytical Tools Professional Ethics Intellectual Property Privacy and Civil Liberties and more

Courses	Duration	Effort	Prerequisites	Discussion
Ethics, Technology and Engineering	9 weeks	2 hours/week	none	chat
Introduction to Intellectual Property	4 weeks	2 hours/week	none	chat
Data Privacy Fundamentals	3 weeks	3 hours/week	none	chat

Advanced systems

Topics covered: digital signaling combinational logic CMOS technologies sequential logic finite state machines processor instruction sets caches pipelining virtualization parallel processing virtual memory synchronization primitives system call interface and more

Courses	Duration	Effort	Prerequisites	Notes
Computation Structures 1: Digital Circuits alternative 1 alternative 2	10 weeks	6 hours/week	Nand2Tetris II	Alternate links contain all 3 courses.
Computation Structures 2: Computer Architecture	10 weeks	6 hours/week	Computation Structures 1
Computation Structures 3: Computer Organization	10 weeks	6 hours/week	Computation Structures 2

Advanced theory

Topics covered: formal languages Turing machines computability event-driven concurrency automata distributed shared memory consensus algorithms state machine replication computational geometry theory propositional logic relational logic Herbrand logic game trees and more

Courses	Duration	Effort	Prerequisites
Theory of Computation (alternative)	13 weeks	10 hours/week	Mathematics for Computer Science, logic, algorithms
Computational Geometry	16 weeks	8 hours/week	algorithms, C++
Game Theory	8 weeks	3 hours/week	mathematical thinking, probability, calculus

Advanced Information Security

Courses	Duration	Effort	Prerequisites
Web Security Fundamentals	5 weeks	4-6 hours/week	understanding basic web technologies
Security Governance & Compliance	3 weeks	3 hours/week	-
Digital Forensics Concepts	3 weeks	2-3 hours/week	Core Security
Secure Software Development: Requirements, Design, and Reuse	7 weeks	1-2 hours/week	Core Programming and Core Security
Secure Software Development: Implementation	7 weeks	1-2 hours/week	Secure Software Development: Requirements, Design, and Reuse
Secure Software Development: Verification and More Specialized Topics	7 weeks	1-2 hours/week	Secure Software Development: Implementation

Advanced math

Courses	Duration	Effort	Prerequisites	Discussion
Essence of Linear Algebra	-	-	high school math	chat
Linear Algebra	14 weeks	12 hours/week	corequisite: Essence of Linear Algebra	chat
Introduction to Numerical Methods	14 weeks	12 hours/week	Linear Algebra	chat
Introduction to Formal Logic	10 weeks	4-8 hours/week	Set Theory	chat
Probability	15 weeks	5-10 hours/week	Differentiation and Integration	chat