NARRATOR: Representing an
entire university curriculum,
MIT OpenCourseWare is
unique in the world
of open educational resources.
With so many courses online,
currently over 2,300,
we're always working
on better ways
to help you find courses and
make sense of the collection.
This new, interactive
visualization tool,
the MIT Undergraduate
Curriculum Map,
is a great way to
explore what OCW's broad,
curriculum coverage
really means.
Each circle or node is
a subject taught at MIT.
A node that's blue is on OCW.
Grayed nodes are subjects
not currently on OCW.
A line between two nodes shows
a prerequisite relationship.
Rest your mouse on any
node and its number,
title and prerequisites
are highlighted.
Here in the Department
of Mathematics,
you can see that most
subjects are on OCW.
Click on any blue node
to see a link to the OCW
version of the course.
Here's 1801, Calculus 1.
What else can you
learn from the map?
Well, you can find important
foundational courses
by looking for nodes that
are heavily connected.
Here's 1806, Pre-algebra,
which is a prerequisite
for many other subjects.
You can also search for
courses by keywords found
in the titles or topic tags.
For instance, here are the
undergraduate courses currently
offered on algorithms.
You can show on the map or view
details on a specific class
by clicking.
Here are a few things to keep in
mind about the curriculum map.
First, it only reflects
about one third
of the total OCW publication,
its undergraduate courses only.
It does not show any graduate
courses, nor any special topic
seminars that are outside
the standard curriculum.
Finally, the map
doesn't show subjects
that are no longer
taught at MIT,
but which are still shared
and quite popular on OCW.
For the complete
OCW picture, you'll
want to keep referring back
to our many other fine courses
tools, along with
the curriculum map.
We hope this curriculum map
helps you understand and make
even better use of OCW's
extensive collection of MIT
teaching materials.
Always free and
always open for you.
