The full name of CS50 is Introduction to Computer Science, which is a general education course at Harvard University. It is available on edx, and anyone can take it. There are even teaching assistants to help you with programming assignments (only programming assignments, not other types of assignments like paper-based ones).
The first time I heard about CS50 was through this report: CS50: A “hard” course taken by over 800 Harvard students, what makes it so attractive?. It wasn’t until I finished the course recently that I understood what makes this course so impressive.
Let’s start with the meaning of the title: An Ocean-like Programming Course. Why the ocean? Because this course is deep and wide. How deep and wide is it? I recorded the course outline and assignments for each week. If you have a friend with a computer science background, they will know what I mean.