MIT MIT-OCW
Information Technology I
MIT Sloan's introductory course on the technical foundations of information technology, taught through MIT OpenCourseWare as course 15.564. The curriculum covers networks, distributed computing, and the concepts behind current and emerging IT developments. Students get hands-on practice with high-level tools that let computers perform sophisticated tasks without writing code in a conventional programming language. No prior knowledge of computer operation or programming is assumed, making this a starting point for managers and non-technical students who need to understand how IT systems work. Materials include lecture notes, readings, and assignments as published on OCW, free to access under MIT's open license, with no certificate offered.