Announcements

• Congratulations on finishing CS50 for MBAs!

Versions

Two versions of this course are offered in parallel:

Course Number 7475

A less-intensive, 1.5-credit version that will meet on X days from 8:30am–9:50am in Klarman Hall.

Course Number 7473

A more-intensive, 3.0-credit version that will meet on X days from 8:30am–9:50 am in Klarman Hall. Additional required lab sessions will be held on some X days of each Q3 week, 3:35pm–5:30pm or 5:35pm–7:30pm. This version of the course is designed for students who would like additional experience with programming via hands-on labs.

Educational Objectives

This course is a variant of Harvard College’s introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for MBA students. Whereas CS50 itself takes a bottom-up approach, emphasizing mastery of low-level concepts and implementation details thereof, this course takes a top-down approach, emphasizing mastery of high-level concepts and design decisions related thereto. Through a mix of technical instruction, discussion of case studies, and weekly programming projects, this course empowers students to make technological decisions even if not technologists themselves. Topics include cloud computing, networking, privacy, scalability, security, and more, with a particular emphasis on web and mobile technologies. Students emerge from this course with first-hand appreciation of how it all works and all the more confident in the factors that should guide their decision-making.

Career Focus

This course is designed for students who expect to be future managers, product managers, founders, and decision-makers more generally.