I'm a little confused about what I would be learning here. What exactly are the "tools, methods and frameworks" which is being taught, and are there any prerequ

I'm a little confused about what I would be learning here. What exactly are the "tools, methods and frameworks" which is being taught, and are there any prerequisites before I can jump in? It looks like the only way I can look at the curriculum is by joining sliderule...which I don't want to do, yet.