Engineering is the study of the design and use of structures and machines. It draws heavily on physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

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Engineering Overview

  • Brown (edX) – Introduction to Engineering and Design, Lecturer: Karen Haberstroh
    • Approximately 6-9 hours of work
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  • Cornell (edX) – A Hands-on Introduction to Engineering Simulations, Lecturer: Rajesh Bhaskaran
    • Approximately 24-36 hours of work
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  • MIT – Classical Mechanics Introduction (8.01SC), Lecturers: Deepto Chakrabarty, Peter Dourmashkin
    • 215 video (combination of standard lectures, key topic deep dives, demonstrations, and exercises), approximately 1-10 minutes each
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  • MIT (edX) – Elements of Structures, Lecturers: Simona Socrate, Alexie Kolpak
    • Approximately 100-120 hours of work
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  • MIT – Engineering Dynamics (2.003SC), Lecturer: Kim Vandiver
    • 39 videos, approximately 60 minutes each
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  • MIT (edX) – Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 1: Linear Elastic Behavior, Lecturer: Lorna Gibson
    • Approximately 60 hours of work
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  • MIT (edX) – Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 2: Stress Transformations, Beams, Columns, and Cellular Solids, Lecturer: Lorna Gibson
    • Approximately 48 hours of work
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  • MIT (edX) – Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Part 3: Time Dependent Behavior and Failure, Lecturer: Lorna Gibson
    • Approximately 72 hours of work
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  • CrashCourse – Engineering, Lecturer: Shini Somara
    • 17 lectures, approximately 10 minutes each
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  • Khan Academy – Electrical Engineering
    • 80 videos, approximately 5-15 minutes each
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Chemistry and Physics for Engineering

  • Missouri State – Fundamentals of Chemistry (CHM 105/106), Lecturer: Vernon Thielmann
    • 54 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • UC Irvine – Introduction to General Chemistry (1A), Lecturer: Amanda Brindley
    • 23 lectures, approximately 50 minutes each
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  • MIT – Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (3.091SC), Lecturer: Donald Sadoway
    • 61 videos, approximately 50 minutes each
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  • MIT – Atomic and Optical Physics (8.421), Lecturer: Wolfgang Ketterle
  • Yale – Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (PHYS 200), Lecturer: Ramamurti Shankar
  • Khan Academy – Physics
    • 160 lectures, approximately 5-15 minutes each
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  • MIT – Physics III: Vibrations and Waves Introduction (8.03SC), Lecturer: Yen-Jie Lee
    • 23 lectures, approximately 75 minutes each; 13 supplemental videos
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Math for Engineering

  • MIT – Single Variable Calculus (18.01), Lecturer: David Jerison
    • 39 lectures, approximately 50 minutes each
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  • MIT – Multivariable Calculus (18.02), Lecturer: Denis Auroux
    • 35 lectures, approximately 50 minutes each
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  • Khan Academy – Calculus
    • 199 videos, approximately 5-15 minutes each
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  • UCLA – Differential & Integral Calculus (Math 31A), Lecturer: Steve Butler
    • 25 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • MIT – Calculus of Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra, Lecturer: Herbert Gross
  • MIT – Linear Algebra (18.06), Lecturer: Gilbert Strang
    • 35 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • UC Irvine – Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Math 131A), Lecturer: Michael Cranston
    • 16 lectures, approximately 105 minutes each
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  • MIT – Fundamentals of Statistics (18.650), Lecturer: Philippe Rigollet
    • 24 lecturers, approximately 75 minutes each
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