computer-science/README.md

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:mortar_board: **Path to a free self-taught graduation in Computer Science!**

## Contents

- [About](#about)
- [Becoming an OSS student](#becoming-an-oss-student)
- [Topics](#topics)
- [Next Goals](#next-goals)
- [References](#references)

## About

This is a **solid path** for you that want to graduate in a Computer Science course in your own time, **for free**, with courses from the **best universities** of the World.

Here we will <strike>try to</strike> choose a maximum of **3** courses for each category. Futurely, more categories and/or courses can be added to this list or in a more advanced list.

Initially, we will also give preference for 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](/students) folder.

> **"How can I do this?"**

Just fork this repository and create a markdown file named with 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 your repository that contain the files that you created in the respective course.

> **"Why should I do this?"**

Making a [public commitment](http://renewablewealth.com/articles/the-power-of-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 that strategy.

---

## Topics

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Program Design](#program-design)
- [Programming Paradigms](#programming-paradigms)
- [Software Testing](#software-testing)
- [Math](#math)
- [Algorithms](#algorithms)
- [Software Architecture](#software-architecture)
- [Software Engineering](#software-engineering)
- [Operating Systems](#operating-systems)
- [Computer Networks](#computer-networks)
- [Databases](#databases)
- [Cloud Computing](#cloud-computing)
- [Cryptography](#cryptography)
- [Compilers](#compilers)
- [UX Design](#ux-design)
- [Artificial Intelligence](#artificial-intelligence)
- [Machine Learning](#machine-learning)
- [Natural Language Processing](#natural-language-processing)
- [Internet of Things](#internet-of-things)
- [Big Data](#big-data)
- [Data Mining](#data-mining)

---

### Introduction

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Introduction to Computer Science](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x#!)| 9 ~ 15 weeks
[Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-5#!)| 9 weeks
[Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computational-thinking-data-mitx-6-00-2x-2#!)| 10 weeks

### Program Design

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Systematic Program Design- Part 1: The Core Method](https://www.edx.org/course/systematic-program-design-part-1-core-ubcx-spd1x-0)| 5 weeks
[Systematic Program Design- Part 2: Arbitrary Sized Data](https://www.edx.org/course/systematic-program-design-part-2-ubcx-spd2x)| 5 weeks
[Systematic Program Design- Part 3: Abstraction, Search and Graphs](https://www.edx.org/course/systematic-program-design-part-3-ubcx-spd3x)| 5 weeks

### Programming Paradigms

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Introduction to Functional Programming](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-functional-programming-delftx-fp101x-0#ct-read-review-widget)| 7 weeks
[Principles of Reactive Programming](https://www.coursera.org/course/reactive)| 7 weeks
[Programming Languages](https://www.coursera.org/course/proglang)| 8-16 hours/week
[Functional Programming Principles in Scala](https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun)| 7 weeks

### Software Testing

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Software Testing](https://www.udacity.com/course/software-testing--cs258)| 4 weeks
[Software Debugging](https://www.udacity.com/course/software-debugging--cs259)| 8 weeks

### Math

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Effective Thinking Through Mathematics](https://www.edx.org/course/effective-thinking-through-mathematics-utaustinx-ut-9-01x)| 9 weeks
[Applications of Linear Algebra Part 1](https://www.edx.org/course/applications-linear-algebra-part-1-davidsonx-d003x-1#ct-read-review-widget)| 5 weeks
[Applications of Linear Algebra Part 2](https://www.edx.org/course/applications-linear-algebra-part-2-davidsonx-d003x-2)| 4 weeks
[Linear and Discrete Optimization](https://www.coursera.org/course/linearopt)| 3-6 hours/week
[Probabilistic Graphical Models](https://www.coursera.org/course/pgm)| 11 weeks
[Game Theory](https://www.coursera.org/course/gametheory)| 9 weeks

### Algorithms

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Algorithms, Part I](https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partI)| 6 weeks
[Algorithms, Part II](https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partII)| 6 weeks
[Analysis of Algorithms](https://www.coursera.org/course/aofa)| 6 weeks

### Software Architecture

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Web Application Architectures](https://www.coursera.org/course/webapplications)| 6-9 hours/week
[Microservice Architectures TODO]()| -

### Software Engineering

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Engineering Software as a Service (SaaS), Part 1](https://www.edx.org/course/engineering-software-service-saas-part-1-uc-berkeleyx-cs169-1x)| 9 weeks
[Engineering Software as a Service (Saas), Part 2](https://www.edx.org/course/engineering-software-service-saas-part-2-uc-berkeleyx-cs169-2x)| 8 weeks
[Software Product Management Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/product-management)| -

### Operating Systems

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Operating System Engineering](http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-828-operating-system-engineering-fall-2012/)| -
[Operating Systems and System Programming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgQo4JkN4Bw&list=PL3289DD0D0F0CD4A3)| -

### Computer Networks

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Computer Networks](https://www.coursera.org/course/comnetworks)| 4–12 hours/we
[Software Defined Networking](https://www.coursera.org/course/sdn1)| 7-10 hours/we

### Databases

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Introduction to Databases](https://www.coursera.org/course/db)| -
[Database Design](https://www.udemy.com/database-design/#reviews)| 9 hours
[Database Management Essentials](https://www.coursera.org/learn/database-management)| weeks

### Cloud Computing

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Introduction to Cloud Computing](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-cloud-computing-ieeex-cloudintro-x-0)| 4 weeks
[Cloud Computing Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/cloudcomputing)| -

### Cryptography

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Cryptography I](https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto)| 6 weeks
[Cryptography II](https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto2)| 6 weeks
[Applied Cryptography](https://www.udacity.com/course/applied-cryptography--cs387)| 8 weeks

### Compilers

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Compilers](https://www.coursera.org/course/compilers)| 11 weeks

### UX Design

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Interaction Design Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/interaction-design)| -
[UX Design for Mobile Developers](https://www.udacity.com/course/ux-design-for-mobile-developers--ud849)| 6 weeks

### Artificial Intelligence

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Artificial Intelligence](https://www.edx.org/course/artificial-intelligence-uc-berkeleyx-cs188-1x#!)| 12 weeks

### Machine Learning

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Practical Machine Learning](https://www.coursera.org/course/predmachlearn)| 4 weeks
[Machine Learning](https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning)| 11 weeks
[Neural Networks for Machine Learning](https://www.coursera.org/course/neuralnets)| 8 weeks

### Natural Language Processing

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Natural Language Processing](https://www.coursera.org/course/nlangp)| 10 weeks
[Natural Language Processing](https://www.coursera.org/course/nlp)| 10 weeks

### Internet of Things

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[An Introduction to Programming the Internet of Things Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/iot)| -
[Internet of Things Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/internet-of-things)| -

### Big Data

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Big Data Specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/big-data)| - 

### Data Mining

Course|Duration
:--|:--:
[Data Mining specialization](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/datamining)| - 

## Next Goals

- [Adding our university page at Linkedin](https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/40128/~/adding-a-new-university-page), so in that way we will be able to add **OSS University** in our Linkedin profile.

## References

- [Google - Guide for Technical Development](https://www.google.com/about/careers/students/guide-to-technical-development.html)
- [Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/)
- [edX](https://www.edx.org)
- [MIT Open Courseware](http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/#electrical-engineering-and-computer-science)