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General Category => General Board => Homework Haven => Topic started by: BFM_Kiwi on December 30, 2009, 11:28:07 AM
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As if.
But seriously, a lot of universities have put most of their popular courses online. MIT, Yale, Berkeley I've found, I'm sure there are others.
The course materials: lectures, homework, handouts, lecture video, and sometimes tests are posted online.
You don't "take" the course or get credit - but the information is there if you have an interest.
Not for the faint-hearted I'm sure. But curious what music students at Yale learn about? I guess it's all there if you have the time to read through it. The only thing missing from most of the courses would be the books. But there is so much info online these days you might get by with lecture notes and Wikipedia :)
Yale: http://oyc.yale.edu/ Art, Music, Physics, Chemistry, Political Science, Literature, Atronomy
MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm Engineering, Architecture, Management, and Game Design (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/CMS-608Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htm?utm_source=Featured-Course_12-28-09) (from board games to digital).
Berkeley: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php Economics, Biology, Engineering, Philosophy, Physics and more
I found this out reading about Game Theory, and there was a link to the Yale course on that subject I didn't get past the first lecture yet. It's slow going, but I found it very interesting.
Yale Game Theory: http://oyc.yale.edu/economics/game-theory/contents/sessions.html
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They also have lecture podcasts on iTunes you can get (and probably on the sites too).
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I think the online stuff would be interesting if you were interested in learning it, or learning something new. In the early mornings (when nothing else was on and I didn't have cable or a computer) I would watch some community college course that was taped and played on TV (PBS). It was some music class, learning about different genres and stuff. I found it to be really interesting and I'd tune in every Tuesday or whatever, until the class was over. Learned some stuff too. ;D
I'll check out those sites, I like stuff.
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I like stuff.
Stuff is quite cool.
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I like stuff.
Stuff is quite cool.
Indeed.
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While there isn't a way to study at Yale or MIT for completely free, if your parents/guardians make under 60 thousand a year and you have good enough grades then most Ivy League schools nowadays offer a program that pays tuition for these kids.
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The reason I know about it was because I was really interested in it, unfortunately I didn't make good enough grades. v.v
Still have to pay for books and lab fees and what not though. Oh, and food, ya need that. -nods-
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I wanna go to MIT or Berkley, heard they're one of the best engineer training programs and stuff
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It's a pity they haven't done a course in English Grammar... *cough*