The averages of 16.3 hours per week on CS50 spend on an MBA elective that yielded equivalent academic credit.

Benefits

1. Respondents cited several benefits from taking CS50.

2. Writing Software-Respondents differed in their assessments of their current ability to contribute working code on the job, based on their CS50 learning.

3. Communicating with Developers

Recruiting

Several respondents mentioned CS50 experience had helped persuade recruiters that they were committed to a career in technology.

Costs

The benefits from CS50 came at a considerable cost.

The lectures and section meetings, the course has weekly problem sets, two mid-terms exams, and a final project that requires students to design and build an application.