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Computer Science

Overview

In 40 episodes, Carrie Anne Philbin teaches you computer science! This course is based on introductory college-level material as well as the AP Computer Science Principles guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

*Outline the history of computers and the design decisions that gave us modern computers

*Describe the basic elements of programming and software

*Identify the basic components of computer hardware and what they do

*Describe how computers are used and how that has evolved over time

*Appreciate how far computers have come and how far they might take us

Videos in this playlist 41

  1. Crash Course Computer Science Preview
  2. Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1
  3. Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #2
  4. Boolean Logic & Logic Gates: Crash Course Computer Science #3
  5. Representing Numbers and Letters with Binary: Crash Course Computer Science #4
  6. How Computers Calculate - the ALU: Crash Course Computer Science #5
  7. Registers and RAM: Crash Course Computer Science #6
  8. The Central Processing Unit (CPU): Crash Course Computer Science #7
  9. Instructions & Programs: Crash Course Computer Science #8
  10. Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9
  11. Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10
  12. The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11
  13. Programming Basics: Statements & Functions: Crash Course Computer Science #12
  14. Intro to Algorithms: Crash Course Computer Science #13
  15. Data Structures: Crash Course Computer Science #14
  16. Alan Turing: Crash Course Computer Science #15
  17. Software Engineering: Crash Course Computer Science #16
  18. Integrated Circuits & Moore's Law: Crash Course Computer Science #17
  19. Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18
  20. Memory & Storage: Crash Course Computer Science #19
  21. Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20
  22. Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21
  23. Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #22
  24. Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23
  25. The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24
  26. The Personal Computer Revolution: Crash Course Computer Science #25
  27. Graphical User Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #26
  28. 3D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #27
  29. Computer Networks: Crash Course Computer Science #28
  30. The Internet: Crash Course Computer Science #29
  31. The World Wide Web: Crash Course Computer Science #30
  32. Cybersecurity: Crash Course Computer Science #31
  33. Hackers & Cyber Attacks: Crash Course Computer Science #32
  34. Cryptography: Crash Course Computer Science #33
  35. Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course Computer Science #34
  36. Computer Vision: Crash Course Computer Science #35
  37. Natural Language Processing: Crash Course Computer Science #36
  38. Robots: Crash Course Computer Science #37
  39. Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38
  40. Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39
  41. The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #40

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Free and complete: every lecture is in the playlist, in order.
  • Watch at 1.5x, skip what you know, rewatch what you don't.
  • 4,572,296 views, so help and notes are easy to find.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (41 videos) you can see before you start.
  • Start watching right away, no sign-up.

Disadvantages

  • No certificate, deadlines or graded work.
  • Quality and depth vary: check that the playlist is finished before you start.
  • No certificate.
  • No graded assignments or feedback.
  • Recorded in 2017: tools may have changed since.

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Free

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  • Certificate: None. Code or take notes along to make it stick.

Crash Course is in Tier 3: good universities, respected companies, nonprofits and well-known teachers of our institution ranking (78/100).

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