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6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python
MIT's real first-year Python subject, lectures, problem sets and all.
Free to enrolBeginnerNo certificateAdded 30 Jun 2026
Rating4.8 / 56k reviews
Duration45 hrsprovider estimate
Lessons12modules
Learners780kenrolled
MIT
MIT OpenCourseWare
University
No certificates — OpenCourseWare publishes materials, not enrolment.
About this course
The full OpenCourseWare publication of MIT 6.0001: video lectures, slides, problem sets with solutions and exams. It moves faster than most beginner courses and treats programming as a problem-solving discipline rather than a syntax tour.
What you'll learn
- Analyse problems computationally before coding
- Use recursion, dictionaries and classes fluently
- Estimate algorithmic complexity
- Work through university-grade problem sets
Syllabus
- 1What is computation?4 hrs
- 2Branching, iteration and string manipulation8 hrs
- 3Decomposition, abstraction and functions8 hrs
- 4Tuples, lists, dictionaries and recursion12 hrs
- 5Classes, inheritance and complexity13 hrs
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