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SPEAKER 1: Hello world, this is
Sander's Theater at Harvard University.

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And this is CS50, Harvard's introduction
to the intellectual enterprises

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of computer science and
the art of programming.

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But what does that mean?

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Well, CS50 is a course that teaches you
how to design and implement solutions

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to problems.

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But more than that, it
teaches you how to think

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more critically, more methodically,
more computationally, if you will.

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In fact, computer science itself isn't
really about computers or programming,

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for that matter, it's
really about information.

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How do you think about it?

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How do you represent it?

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And with what methods or
algorithms can you process it?

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So we'll first learn how to program
with Scratch, of graphical programming

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language, via which we'll explore some
fundamental programming constructs

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by dragging and dropping puzzle pieces.

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But we'll then quickly transition to a
more traditional, text-based language

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called C. It's actually been
around for quite a while,

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and as such, it doesn't come with all
that many features out of the box,

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so to speak.

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So anything you want the
computer to do you're

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going to have to teach
it to do yourself,

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from the simplest of algorithms
to the most sophisticated.

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And the problems you'll solve, inspired
by real world domains, cryptography,

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finance, forensics, gaming, and more.

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And you'll be part of a
global community solving

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those same problems,
surrounded, if virtually,

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by classmates, by
[? Zomailia, ?] by Rob, by Doug,

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and so many others on
see as CS50's team.

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But the most successful outcome
ahead is to do something, ultimately,

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that we've not taught you.

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Indeed, what ultimately
matters in this course is not

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so much where you end up
relative to your classmates

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but where you end up relative
to yourself when you began.

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And when you do end up there, will you
be able to say proudly, just I can,

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I took CS50.

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