[tlug] Beginner's Courses from MIT

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This is from the Internet Scout Report, a service of the University of 
Wisconsin.  Thought it might provide a valuable reference for people who 
get asked "How do I get started in programming and computer science?"

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> MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming [iTunes]
>
> http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htm
>
> If you're hoping to test your mettle in the world of computer science,
> you'd do well to check out this informative and erudite course offered
> as part of the OpenCourseWare initiative at MIT. The course was created
> by Professors Eric Grimson and John Guttag, and it includes a syllabus,
> readings, lecture videos, assignments, and exams. The materials here are
> "aimed at students with little or no programming experience." Visitors
> might want to start out by looking over the syllabus, and then move on
> to the "Readings" area. Here they can find selected excerpts from key
> texts, including "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist". Even better
> are the lecture videos from the course, such as "Binary search, bubble
> and selection sorts" and "Divide and conquer methods, merge sort,
> exceptions". The truly ambitious will also want to look over the
> assignments and exams offered here. [KMG]
>
> To find this resource and more high-quality online resources in math and
> science visit Scout's sister site - AMSER, the Applied Math and Science
> Educational Repository at http://amser.org.

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