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HarvardX: CS50's Understanding Technology

This is CS50’s introduction to technology for students who don’t (yet!) consider themselves computer persons.

CS50's Understanding Technology
6 weeks
2–6 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
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Starts Mar 19
Ends Jun 30

About this course

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This is CS50's introduction to technology for students who don’t (yet) consider themselves computer persons. Designed for those who work with technology every day but don’t necessarily understand how it all works underneath the hood or how to solve problems when something goes wrong, this course fills in the gaps, empowering you to use and troubleshoot technology more effectively. Through lectures on hardware, the Internet, multimedia, security, programming, and web development, this course equips you for today’s technology and prepares you for tomorrow’s as well.

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What you'll learn

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  • internet
  • multimedia
  • security
  • web development
  • programming

This course is part of CS50's AP® Computer Science Principles XSeries Program

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