There is no formal enrollment application, admission, or enrollment process for the MicroMasters Program Credential. In order to enroll in the SCM MicroMasters program, learners should simply enroll in courses as they are available.
MicroMasters course enrollments are open to anyone, anywhere with an internet connection. There are no pre-requisite courses or undergraduate degrees required to enroll. However, the SCM MicroMasters courses feature graduate-level, analytical coursework, and so learners are strongly recommended to have a solid grasp of algebra, probability, and statistical concepts, along with curiosity and the willingness to learn. Please refer to the Suggested Preparation Courses section of this article for more information, and this link for the Key Concepts taught in SCM MicroMasters courses.
In order to successfully complete the SCM MicroMasters Program and earn the Program Credential, learners must complete all five content courses (SC0x-SC4x) and the Comprehensive Final Exam course (CFx) on the Certificate/Verified (Paid) enrollment track.
Suggested Preparation Courses:
Please note, the courses suggested here are not required to pursue or complete the MicroMasters credential, learners choosing to take these courses need not submit payment to take them as a paid learner. The SCM MicroMasters courses do not require any specific courses, but learners are assumed to possess proficiency with certain knowledge and skills. Three different types of courses are available to provide this knowledge: courses offered on MIT Learn platform, courses offered on MIT Open Courseware, and courses offered on MIT Open Learning Library. The OpenCourseWare(OCW) and Open Learning Library (OLL) courses are archived, so they are self-paced and available at any time but do not offer live support such as discussion forums or support from TAs. MIT Learn courses may offer an audit track (free) or offer an archived access to the course materials.
While the SCM MicroMasters team has not officially prepared or endorsed any courses or materials for learners to prepare for the program's courses, many freely-available online courses are suitable for learning the required knowledge and skills. The MicroMasters Support Team has gathered a short list of online courses and collections of course material that we can recommend to learners.
Remember: Learners are not required to take any of the following courses! No specific courses are pre-requisites for any SCM MicroMasters course or the program overall. Rather, certain knowledge and skills are pre-requisites for the courses. These resources are offered as options to acquire or refresh the knowledge and skills required by the program’s courses. None of the resources listed below need to be paid for—all are either free or have a free option.
Presented below are three different types of resources:
- Courses offered on MIT Learn: these are active courses often with live discussion forums and TAs to answer questions. However, they may be instructor-led and/or may only be available during specific time periods. These courses may not always be available when desired and archived access is sometimes all that is available.
- Courses offered on the MIT Open Learning Library (OLL): these are interactive online courses created from select OCW course collections, providing opportunities to learn at your own pace while engaging with problems and providing instant feedback on coursework. OLL courses do not offer live support such as discussion forums or support from TAs, but the courses are self-paced and available at any time
- Courses offered on MIT Open Courseware (OCW): these are collections of course materials from residential MIT courses, so they are not formatted as interactive online courses in the same way that the edX.org or MITx Online courses are, and do not offer live support such as discussion forums or support from TAs. However, the material is archived, so these courses are self-paced and available at any time
For learners without a strong knowledge of calculus:
- MIT Learn: Differential Calculus Program (Collects Calculus 1A, 1B, and 1C courses)
- OLL: Calculus 1A: Differentiation
- OLL: Calculus 1B: Integration
- OLL: Calculus 1C: Coordinate Systems & Infinite Series
- OCW: Single Variable Calculus
- OCW: Multivariable Calculus on MIT Open Courseware
For learners without a strong knowledge of linear algebra:
- OLL: Linear Algebra
- OCW: Linear Algebra (In-Depth)
For learners without familiarity with statistics and probability concepts: