Programming for everybody python is an online course conducted by the University of Michigan. This course aims to teach everyone to learn the basics of programming computers using Python. The course has no prerequisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course.
About the course
This course is specifically designed to be a first programming course using the popular Python programming language. The pace of the course is designed to lead to mastery of each of the topics in the class. Simple data shall be used for analysis as the programming exercises through the course.
Course Syllabus
Week One: Introduction - Why we program?
Week Two: Variables and Expressions
Week Three: Conditional code
Week Four: Functions
Week Five: Loops and Iteration
Week Six: Strings
Week Seven: Files
Week Eight: Lists
Week Nine: Dictionaries
Week Ten: Tuples
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Sessions
October 6, 2014 - December 15, 2014
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