🎓 Path to a free self-taught graduation in Computer Science!

Contents

• About
• Becoming an OSS student
• Topics
• How to use this guide
• Prerequisite
• How to collaborate
• Community
• Next Goals
• References

About

This is a solid path for those of you who want to complete a Computer Science course on your own time, for free, with courses from the best universities in the World.

In the future, more categories and/or courses will be added to this list or a more advanced/specialized list.

Initially, we will also give preference to MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) type of courses because those courses were created with our style of learning in mind.

Becoming an OSS student

Your registration for this graduation course will be effectuated after you create your profile in our students folder.

"How can I do this?"

Just fork this repository and create a markdown file named your GitHub username. It’s that simple.

Use the model below to create your own file:

# Student Profile

- **Name**: YOUR NAME
- **GitHub**: [@your_username]()
- **Twitter**: [@your_username]()
- **Linkedin**: [link]()
- **Website**: [yourblog.com]()

# Completed Courses

**Name of the Section**

Course|Files
:--|:--:
Course Name| [link]()

ps: In the Completed Courses section, you should link the repository that contains the files that you created in the respective course.

"Why should I do this?"

By making a public commitment, we have much more chances to succeed in our graduation, know better our fellows and share the things that we have done.

For those reasons we are using this strategy.

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Topics

• Introduction
• Program Design
• Programming Paradigms
• Software Testing
• Math
• Algorithms
• Software Architecture
• Software Engineering
• Operating Systems
• Computer Networks
• Databases
• Cloud Computing
• Cryptography
• Compilers
• UX Design
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
• Big Data
• Data Mining

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Introduction

Course	Duration
Introduction to Computer Science	9 ~ 15 weeks
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python	9 weeks
Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science	10 weeks

Program Design

Course	Duration
Systematic Program Design- Part 1: The Core Method	5 weeks
Systematic Program Design- Part 2: Arbitrary Sized Data	5 weeks
Systematic Program Design- Part 3: Abstraction, Search and Graphs	5 weeks

Programming Paradigms

Course	Duration
Introduction to Functional Programming	7 weeks
Principles of Reactive Programming	7 weeks
Programming Languages	8-16 hours/week
Functional Programming Principles in Scala	7 weeks

Software Testing

Course	Duration
Software Testing	4 weeks
Software Debugging	8 weeks

Math

Course	Duration
Effective Thinking Through Mathematics	9 weeks
Applications of Linear Algebra Part 1	5 weeks
Applications of Linear Algebra Part 2	4 weeks
Linear and Discrete Optimization	3-6 hours/week
Probabilistic Graphical Models	11 weeks
Game Theory	9 weeks

Algorithms

Course	Duration
Algorithms, Part I	6 weeks
Algorithms, Part II	6 weeks
Analysis of Algorithms	6 weeks

Software Architecture

Course	Duration
Web Application Architectures	6-9 hours/week
Software Architecture & Design	-
Microservice Architectures TODO	-

Software Engineering

Course	Duration
Engineering Software as a Service (SaaS), Part 1	9 weeks
Engineering Software as a Service (Saas), Part 2	8 weeks
Software Product Management Specialization	-

Operating Systems

Course	Duration
Operating System Engineering	-
Operating Systems and System Programming	-

Computer Networks

Course	Duration
Computer Networks	4–12 hours/week
Software Defined Networking	7-10 hours/week

Databases

Course	Duration
Introduction to Databases	-
Database Design	9 hours
Database Management Essentials	weeks

Cloud Computing

Course	Duration
Introduction to Cloud Computing	4 weeks
Cloud Computing Specialization	-

Cryptography

Course	Duration
Cryptography I	6 weeks
Cryptography II	6 weeks
Applied Cryptography	8 weeks

Compilers

Course	Duration
Compilers	11 weeks

UX Design

Course	Duration
Interaction Design Specialization	-
UX Design for Mobile Developers	6 weeks

Artificial Intelligence

Course	Duration
Artificial Intelligence	12 weeks

Machine Learning

Course	Duration
Practical Machine Learning	4 weeks
Machine Learning	11 weeks
Neural Networks for Machine Learning	8 weeks

Natural Language Processing

Course	Duration
Natural Language Processing	10 weeks
Natural Language Processing	10 weeks

Big Data

Course	Duration
Big Data Specialization	-

Data Mining

Course	Duration
Data Mining specialization	-

How to use this guide

Order of the classes

This guide was developed to be consumed in a linear approach. What does this mean? That you should complete one course at a time.

The courses are already in the order that you should complete them. Just start in the Introduction section and after finishing the first course, start the next one.

If the course isn't open, do it anyway with the resources from the previous class.

Should I take all courses?

Yes! The intention is to conclude all the courses listed here!

Duration of the project

It may take longer to complete all of the classes compared to a regular CS course, but I can guarantee you that your reward will be proportional to your motivation/dedication!

How can I track my progress?

You should create a repository on GitHub to put all of the files that you created for each course.

You can create one repository per course, or just one repository that will contain all of the files for each course. The first option is our preferred approach.

Cooperative work

We love cooperative work! But is quite difficult to manage a large base of students with specific projects. Use our channels to communicate with other fellows to combine and create new projects.

Which programming languages should I use?

My friend, here is the best part of liberty! You can use any language that you want to complete the courses.

The important thing for each course is to internalize the core concepts and to be able to use them with whatever tool (programming language) that you wish.

Stay tuned

Watch this repository for futures improvements and general information.

Prerequisite

The only things that you need to know are how to use Git and GitHub. Here are some resources to learn about them:

• Try Git
• GitHub Training & Guides
• GitHub Hello World
• Git Immersion
• How to Use Git and GitHub

ps: You don't need to do all of the courses. Just pick one and learn the basics because you will learn more on the go!

How to collaborate

You can open an issue and give us your suggestions as to how we can improve this guide, or what we can do to improve the learning experience.

You can also fork this project and fix any mistakes that you have found.

Let's do it together! =)

Community

Join us in our group!

You can also interact through GitHub issues.

ps: A forum is an ideal way to interact with other students as we do not lose important discussions, which usually occur in communication via chat apps.

Next Goals

• Adding our university page at Linkedin, so that way we will be able to add OSS University in our Linkedin profile.

References

• Google - Guide for Technical Development
• Coursera
• edX
• MIT Open Courseware