All free Stanford classes, continually updated

28 Post author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 04:41PM

[The Stanford-class.org scheme seems to be adding new courses every few days. Instead of a new post each time a new class is added, I commit to keeping this post stocked with links to all current course offerings until at least January 2012.]

 

Complex Systems

Model Thinking

 

Electrical Engineering

Information Theory

 

Civil Engineering

Making Green Buildings

 

Medicine

Anatomy

 

[Cancelled] Entrepreneurship

The Lean Launchpad

Technology Entrepreneurship

 

Computer Science

Computer Science 101

Software as a Service

Human-Computer Interfaces

Natural Language Processing

Game Theory

Probabilistic Graphical Models

Machine Learning

Cryptography

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Computer Security

[Ran Sept-Dec] Machine Learning

[Ran Sept-Dec] Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

[Ran Sept-Dec] Introduction to Databases

Comments (21)

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 06 December 2011 05:03:28AM 6 points [-]

I commit

Save your energy: http://www.class-central.com/

Comment author: AlexMennen 29 November 2011 06:47:46PM 5 points [-]

The link you currently provide to Machine Learning is the one going on now. The url for the repeat is http://jan2012.ml-class.org/

Comment author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 07:04:40PM *  1 point [-]

Thanks, fixed!

Comment author: AlexMennen 29 November 2011 06:52:11PM 4 points [-]

The new Model Thinking class seems especially applicable here, as it appears to be explicitly rationality-related. From the description, it looks promising.

Comment author: gwern 29 November 2011 09:03:08PM 0 points [-]

I've signed up; it reads as doable, which some of the AI stuff reportedly hasn't been, I get the impression.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 29 November 2011 09:57:12PM 2 points [-]

Not sure about your reports; as one data point I'm taking both AI and ML courses while working full time; they're quite doable (and I'm a rather average lw forum member as far as math is concerned). I have the impression at least the ML course has been slightly dumbed down for this wide an audience.

Comment author: AnotherKevin 30 November 2011 02:19:04PM 0 points [-]

The ML class has definitely been dumbed down. The on campus class' notes and assignments are publicly viewable here.

Comment author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 09:53:47PM 1 point [-]

I've found the AI class to be very doable, although a bit more of a time sink than I expected.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 30 November 2011 06:40:09AM *  3 points [-]

I signed up for Computer Science 101 and am considering adding one more (probably Technology Entrepreneurship or Model Thinking). Let me know if you are interested in forming a study group.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 November 2011 10:48:47PM 3 points [-]

This page with an ATOM feed might be useful.

Comment author: TrE 29 November 2011 05:36:53PM *  3 points [-]

Awesome! Does anyone know whether the course material will stay up after the classes are completed? I won't have enough time to take all classes I'm interested in (actually, I'll probably not have the time for a single one of them) but would like to use them later.

Comment author: XFrequentist 29 November 2011 09:47:07PM 4 points [-]

This question came up in both the AI and DB classes. The answer for both was that the videos will definitely be available, and additional materials (quizzes, etc) might be available but it depends how the current experiment turns out.

Comment author: bradm 29 November 2011 05:44:25PM 3 points [-]

I haven't taken previous classes, but it appears that all the videos from previous courses are available but all the homework is closed to the course.

Comment author: CharlesR 29 November 2011 10:21:06PM 2 points [-]

We should form study groups!

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 02 December 2011 05:04:45PM 1 point [-]

Is there a standard duration for these? The descriptions neglect to mention any.

Comment author: XFrequentist 05 December 2011 01:23:55PM 2 points [-]

About two months/10 weeks.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 05 December 2011 07:57:51PM 0 points [-]

Thank you.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 November 2011 05:26:19PM 1 point [-]

Thank you!

Comment author: RichardKennaway 30 November 2011 11:35:32AM 0 points [-]

Is it possible to access the course materials without signing up?

Comment author: Nic_Smith 29 November 2011 10:03:34PM *  0 points [-]
Comment author: lukeprog 29 November 2011 09:22:42PM 0 points [-]

Instead of a new post each time a new class is added, I commit to keeping this post stocked with links to all current course offerings until at least January 2012.

Bravo!