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## About
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This is a **solid path** for you that want to graduate in a Computer Science course in your own time, **for free**, with courses from the **best universities**of the World.
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This is a **solid path** for those of you who want to complete a Computer Science course on your own time, **for free**, with courses from the **best universities**in the World.
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Futurely, more categories and/or courses will be added to this list or in a more advanced/specialized list.
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In the future, more categories and/or courses will be added to this list or a more advanced/specialized list.
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Initially, we will also give preference for MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) type of courses because those courses were created with our style of learning in mind.
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Initially, we will also give preference to MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) type of courses because those courses were created with our style of learning in mind.
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## Becoming an OSS student
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Your registration for this graduation course will be effectuated after you create your profile in our [students](/students) folder.
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> **"How can I do this?"**
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Just fork this repository and create a markdown file named with your **GitHub username**. It’s that simple.
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Just fork this repository and create a markdown file named your **GitHub username**. It’s that simple.
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Use the model below to create your own file:
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Course Name| [link]()
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**ps**: In the *Completed Courses* section, you should link your repository that contain the files that you created in the respective course.
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**ps**: In the *Completed Courses* section, you should link the repository that contains the files that you created in the respective course.
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> **"Why should I do this?"**
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Making a [public commitment](http://renewablewealth.com/articles/the-power-of-a-public-commitment/), we have much more chances to **succeed** in our graduation, know better our fellows and share the things that we have done.
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By making a [public commitment](http://renewablewealth.com/articles/the-power-of-a-public-commitment/), we have much more chances to **succeed** in our graduation, know better our fellows and share the things that we have done.
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For those reasons we are using that strategy.
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For those reasons we are using this strategy.
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### Order of the classes
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This guide was developed to be consumed in a linear approach. What this means? That you should do one course at a time.
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This guide was developed to be consumed in a linear approach. What does this mean? That you should complete one course at a time.
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The courses already**are** in the order that you should consume them. Just start in the **Introduction** section and after finishing the first course, start the next one.
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The courses are**already** in the order that you should complete them. Just start in the **Introduction** section and after finishing the first course, start the next one.
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**If the course isn't open, do it anyway with the resources from the previous class.**
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### Duration of the project
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Maybe to finish all the classes we will spend **more time** than with a regular CS course, but I can **guarantee** to you that your **reward** will be proportional to **your motivation/dedication**!
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It may take longer to complete all of the classes compared to a regular CS course, but I can **guarantee** you that your **reward** will be proportional to **your motivation/dedication**!
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### How can I track my progress?
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You should create a repository on GitHub to put all files that you created for each course.
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You should create a repository on GitHub to put all of the files that you created for each course.
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You can create one repository for each course, or just one repository that will contain all files for all courses. The first option is our preferred approach.
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You can create one repository per course, or just one repository that will contain all of the files for each course. The first option is our preferred approach.
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### Cooperative work
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**We love cooperative work**! But is quite difficult manage a large base of students with specific projects. Use our channels to communicate with other fellows and to combine and create new projects.
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**We love cooperative work**! But is quite difficult to manage a large base of students with specific projects. Use our channels to communicate with other fellows to combine and create new projects.
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### Which programming languages should I use?
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My friend here is the awesome part of the liberty! You can use **any** language that you want to complete the courses.
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My friend, here is the best part of liberty! You can use **any** language that you want to complete the courses.
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The **important** thing for each course is to **internalize** the **core concepts** and be able to use them with whatever tool (programming language) that you touch.
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The **important** thing for each course is to **internalize** the **core concepts** and to be able to use them with whatever tool (programming language) that you wish.
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### Stay tuned
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[Watch](https://help.github.com/articles/watching-repositories/) this repository for futures improvements and general information.
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## Prerequisite
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The **only thing** that you need to know is how to use **Git** and **GitHub**. Here are some resources to learn about them:
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The **only things** that you need to know are how to use **Git** and **GitHub**. Here are some resources to learn about them:
-[How to Use Git and GitHub](https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-use-git-and-github--ud775)
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**ps**: You don't need to do all that courses. Just pick one of them, learn the minimal because the other things you will learn on the go!
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**ps**: You don't need to do all of the courses. Just pick one and learn the basics because you will learn more on the go!
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## How to collaborate
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You can [open an issue](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/) and give your suggestion to how we could improve this guide, or what we can do to improve the learning experience.
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You can [open an issue](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue/) and give us your suggestions as to how we can improve this guide, or what we can do to improve the learning experience.
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You can also fork this project and fix any mistakes that you have found.
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You can also interact through [GitHub issues](https://github.com/open-source-society/computer-science-and-engineering/issues).
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> **ps**: A forum is an ideal way to interact with other students because in that way we do not lose important discussions, as occur usually in communication via chat apps.
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> **ps**: A forum is an ideal way to interact with other students as we do not lose important discussions, which usually occur in communication via chat apps.
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## Next Goals
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-[Adding our university page at Linkedin](https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/40128/~/adding-a-new-university-page), so in that way we will be able to add **OSS University** in our Linkedin profile.
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-[Adding our university page at Linkedin](https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/40128/~/adding-a-new-university-page), so that way we will be able to add **OSS University** in our Linkedin profile.
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