# Looking for an online Intro to CS course

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-online-intro-to-cs-course/406046 "2007-05-30T12:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-online-intro-to-cs-course/406046/1 "2007-05-30T12:09:16Z")

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Hi there!

I’m really excited, I’ve just been accepted in an MS in Information Systems at CUNY Brooklyn. Seeing as I did a Liberal Arts degree first, they of course want to put me in remedial CS for fancy-pants Liberal Arts majors. Obviously I need this, but I was wondering if you guys would have any info on some kind of online course I could take to perhaps allow me to skip it? They seem to have liberal policies (sufficient experience is all that’s required) and I want to see if I can get it out of the way. I’ve got absolutely NOTHING to do for the next month, so having something to do would be great too.  
[Here](http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/courses/ShowCourse.do?redirect=/acad/course_info.jsp&dsc=CIS&crs_num=601&div=G) is a link to the course I’d like to supplant, although I read in another spot it would be C++…

Any ideas? I’m expecting to pay something for it. At the very least it will be good practice, and if I feel confident enough I’ll apply to skip it, because I’d prefer to get it done a bit more quickly.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-online-intro-to-cs-course/406046/2 "2007-05-30T17:41:22Z")

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I haven’t looked at them, but MIT has many or most of its courses on-line. It wouldn’t be for credit, but maybe you can learn enough to place out of the class.

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**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-online-intro-to-cs-course/406046/3 "2007-05-30T18:09:13Z")

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There’s also distance education universities such as Alberta’s [Athabasca University](http://www.athabascau.ca/). I don’t know if the university being Canadian and you being American (and in Denmark, apparently, unless you’ve already moved back for your studies) would be a problem. I believe this university is well-considered enough, and you probably could take the class for credit. There are probably similar universities in the US too.