Recommended CS Courses ​

Learn at your own pace with a curated collection of public Computer Science resources from awesome colleges. Learning and applying computer science skills can be a difficult journey, which is why we've created a catalog of public classes with resources to help you achieve your personal goals.

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Introductory ​

• Harvard CS50: This is CS50x
• UCB CS61A: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Alogrithms ​

• UCB CS61B: Data Structures and Algorithms
• UCB CS170: Efficient Algorithms and Intractable Problems
• Brown CSCI0160: Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures
• Washington CSE417: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
• UIUC CS374A: Introduction to Algorithms & Models of Computation
• Brown CS1570: Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• CMU 15-451: Algorithm Design and Analysis
• Washington CSE373: Data Structures and Algorithms
• Princeton COS226: Algorithms and Data Structures
• Stanford CS161: Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Software Engineering ​

• MIT 6.031: Software Construction
• CMU 17-313: Foundations of Software Engineering
• Penn CIS505: Software Systems
• Toronto ECE444: Software Engineering
• Cornell CS5150: Software Engineering
• Cornell CS5154: Software Testing
• Washington CSE403 Software Engineering

Operating Systems ​

• MIT 6.S081: Operating System Engineering
• UCB CS162: Operating System
• UIUC CS340: Introduction to Computer Systems
• Brown CS167: Operating Systems
• Stanford CS112/212: Operating Systems

Computer Network ​

• Stanford CS144: Computer Network
• CMU 15-441/641: Computer Networks
• UBC CS168: Introduction to the Internet: Architecture and Protocols

Database Systems ​

• UBC CS186: Introduction to Database System
• CMU 15-445: Database Systems
• CMU 15-721: Advanced Database Systems
• Caltech CS122: Database System Implementation
• Stanford CS346: Database System Implementation
• Waterloo CS451: Data-Intensive Distributed Computing
• Brown CSCI1270: Database Management Systems
• Washington CSE414: Introduction to Database Systems

Distributed Systems ​

• Stanford CS244b: Distributed Systems
• Stanford CS149: Parallel Computing
• UIUC CS425: Distributed Systems

Computer Security ​

• Cornell CS5831: Security Protocols and Privacy
• Brown CSCI1650: Software Security and Exploitation
• UBC CS161: Computer Security
• UBC CS261: Security in Computer Systems
• UIUC CS461: Introduction to Computer Security
• UIUC CS563: Advanced Computer Security
• Stanford CS253: Web Security

Machine Learning ​

• Stanford CS229: Machine Learning
• UCB CS189: Introduction to Machine Learning
• CMU 10-301/601: Introduction to Machine Learning
• CMU 10-414/714: Deep Learning Systems
• Columnbia W4995: Applied Machine Learning
• Cornell CS4780: Intro to Machine Learning
• Brown CS1470: Deep Learning
• Washington CSE446/546: Machine Learning
• MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning

Artificial Intelligence ​

• Stanford CS221: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques
• UCB CS188: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• UIUC CS543: Computer Vision
• Brown CSCI140: Computer Vision
• Cornell CS4670: Computer Vision
• Stanford CS231n: Deep Learning for Computer Vision
• Stanford CS324: Large Language Models

Cloud Computing ​

• Stanford CS349D: Cloud Computing Technology
• Cornell CS5412: Cloud Computing

Programming Lanaguages & Compilers ​

• Stanford CS143: Compilers
• Brown CSCI1260: Compilers and Program Analysis
• Cornell CS4120: Introduction to Compilers
• Washington CSE341: Programming Languages

Parallel Computing ​

• Cornell CS5220: Applications of Parallel Computers
• CMU 15-418/618: Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

Misc ​

• MIT: The Missing Semester of Your CS Education