You do not need an undergraduate degree to enroll in this program, but a background in college-level mathematics, including differential calculus, linear algebra, and statistics will be necessary. If you do not have the necessary background or would like to refresh your knowledge and skills, please see below for suggested, free courses that may be helpful. These courses are not required, and we encourage you to audit them for free. In addition, experience with MATLAB will be useful, but is not required.
Two different types of course are listed below: courses offered on the edX.org learning platform, and courses offered on MIT OpenCourseWare. The edX courses are live, with live discussion forums and TA’s to answer questions. They are instructor-led and occur during specific dates. The OpenCourseWare(OCW) 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.
For learners without a strong knowledge of linear algebra:
For learners without a strong knowledge of statistics: