By (author unknown), Groklaw NewsPicks – February 26, 2013 at 06:26PM
The course offers a broad knowledge base to build on, as you can see from the description below:
“Topics include abstraction, algorithms, encapsulation, data structures, databases, memory management, security, software development, virtualization, and websites. Languages include C, PHP, and JavaScript plus SQL, CSS, and HTML. Problem sets inspired by real-world domains of biology, cryptography, finance, forensics, and gaming. Designed for concentrators and non-concentrators alike, with or without prior programming experience.”
Harvard has made this course available free to anyone-via YouTube, iTunes, and the course page-with a series of lectures filmed during the Fall 2011 semester. The class is led by David J. Malan, an enthusiastic young professor and Senior Lecturer on Computer Science at Harvard, and himself a product of Harvard’s Computer Science program….Professor Malan has become something of a hot shot at Harvard. His mission-to make computer science more accessible and far less daunting.
[PJ: He also has
one called ‘Understanding Computers and the Internet’. Congresscritters and judges would have to take these courses, in my perfect world.] – Open Culture