How much time does it take to complete CS50?

Harvard’s survey of its own students shows they average about 10 hours per pset assignment. On top of that, the lectures are around 2 hours per week plus a final project to complete at the end. So it’s reasonable to expect the whole course to take 100 to 200 hours, depending on your skill level starting out.

How many hours is CS50 course?

CS50: The Expanded Offering

Level	Courses	Workload
(Pick one: usually enough)	CS50 Law	4 hours / 10 weeks
CS50 Business	4 hours / 6 weeks
(Pick one or several)	CS50 AI	20 hours / 7 weeks
CS50 Web	8 hours / 12 weeks

Is CS50 a hard course?

How difficult is CS50? For many students, CS50 is simply more time-consuming than it is difficult. Starting each week’s problem set early, then, makes things easier! And the course’s difficulty was also recalibrated back in 2016, per the Q data below.

How long did it take you to finish CS50?

Finish CS50. 10 hours per problem set * 13 problem sets = 130 hours + lectures (2 hours apiece) Very very wide ranging average of 10-20 hours per class week, so that’s 120-240 hours total. I started at the beginning of August 2017 and finished at the end of December 2017.

Why do some people take CS50 faster than others?

I assume you’re asking about the online offering of CS50. It really, really varies. Some people have prior exposure to programming — or even to programming-esque ideas from math or other fields. Sometimes, that means that they’re able to pick up concepts faster.

How much does a CS50 certificate cost?

A CS50 Certificate is a free certificate from CS50 itself; CS50 does not verify identities.

When will equivalence credits be given for CS50x 2020 work?

Soon after 1 January 2021, equivalence credits will be given for work done in CS50x 2020 as follows. Note that you must have completed 1 each row in a box in the left column before 1 January 2021 in order to receive credit for the corresponding problem set (s) in the right column.