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To keep it short I already have a BS and MS in a physical science from decent schools. I want to apply next year for a MS or PhD in ECE and thought I should get some formal programming on my transcript first. I have only one intro class on there now.

I'm not having much luck finding any online courses that don't look like scams or poorly set up at best. I was pretty excited to see that Oregon state is offering a post-bacc BS degree but the tuition is $600 a credit.

So I guess I'm looking for legitimate courses that aren't crazy expensive. Is there anything else out there like the Oregon state program? That's exactly what I'm looking for.

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I think Oregon State's tuition is pretty typical. My department charges about $2000 for each of its online course. – JeffE Aug 4 '12 at 19:48

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You may want to try Coursera. Their courses are quite good and the instructors are some of the top computer scientists in their fields.

They give you a certificate signed by the instructor if you finish the course well.

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Thanks. I worked through a bit of the machine learning course and thought it was really well done. I'm worried I need to more formal classes to get accepted to a grad program. Maybe I'm wrong though. – JDD Aug 4 '12 at 21:51
@user21975, I don't think you can find anything better online. At least these are by well-known instructors. – Kaveh Aug 5 '12 at 6:58
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@user21975 Your reference letters will matter way more than whether you have an extra coding course on your transcript or not. I earned a BS and MS in math, before enrolling in a PhD in CS. When I applied, I had no formal training in hardware. In my application, I promised that if I was admitted, I would take an undergrad course in that area (which I did my first year in the PhD program). For your PhD application though, your letters of rec (and who they come from) matter more than almost anything else. – Dan C Aug 6 '12 at 3:16
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You can use this tool and refine your search, and also checkout this article from Huffington Post.

~Hope this helps.

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Welcome to Ac.sx! It would be useful if you could expand your answer and not just provide the links, see the faq otherwise there is a risk your answer might be closed. – Peter Jansson May 30 at 7:55
Hi Peter, thanks for the reminder. I'm new here--and yay don't want my answer to be closed. btw guys, Coding for Good cfg(dot)good(dot)is is also interesting. Then again thanks, Peter! See you around :) – Amanda Call Jun 1 at 7:35

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