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These materials are from a past semester of this course at the U-M School of Information. For details and a syllabus of the current course, please see https://www.coursera.org/learn/python.
This course teaches basic Python programming skills through data analysis. There is no complex math in the course, the programs are generally quite short, and the workload is no more than a few hours per week. By the time you complete the course, you will understand and be able to read, parse, and manipulate data using Python. The course is also being packaged as a "remixer kit" to be used by instructors and/or learners who want to remix or change any of these materials.
Course Audience
This course has no prerequisites. Literally anyone can and everyone should take this course.
What You Will Learn
Upon completing this course you will have basic Python programming skills. Hopefully you will like programming well enough to take another course in programming or web development.
Register: Visit the course's site to register for and participate in this class.
Instructor: Charles Severance
Course Level: Undergraduate
Available on: Coursera and Dr. Chuck Online
About the Creators
Charles Severance
Charles is currently a Clinical Associate Professor and teaches in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Charles also works with the IMS Global Learning Consortium as the IMS Affiliate Coordinator. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Sakai Foundation and the Chief Architect of the Sakai Project.
Charles is the author of the book, "Using Google App Engine" from O'Reilly and Associates. He also wrote the O'Reilly book on High Performance Computing. Charles has a background in standards including serving as the vice-chair for the IEEE Posix P1003 standards effort and edited the Standards Column in IEEE Computer Magazine from 1995-1999.
Charles is active in television and radio as a hobby, he has co-hosted several television shows including "Nothin but Net" produced by MediaOne and a nationally televised program about the Internet called "Internet:TCI". Charles appeared for over 10 years as an expert on Internet and Technology as a co-host of a live call-in radio program on the local Public Radio affiliate (www.wkar.org).
Chuck's hobbies include off-road motorcycle riding, karaoke and playing hockey. more...
- Ph.D. Computer Science, Michigan State University
- M.S. Computer Science, Michigan State University
- B.S. Computer Science, Michigan State University
Image courtesy of Charles Severance under a Creative Commons license: BY.
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 10 |
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Week 00 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Introduction and Welcome |
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Week 01 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 1 - Introduction |
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Week 02 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 2 - Expressions |
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Week 03 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 3 - Conditional Execution |
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Week 04 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 4 - Functions |
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Week 05 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 5 - Iterations |
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Week 06 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 6 - Strings |
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Week 07 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 7 - Files |
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Week 08 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 8 - Lists |
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Week 09 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 9 - Dictionaries |
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Week 10 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 10 - Tuples |
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Week 11 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 11 - Regular Expressions |
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Week 12 Lecture - Python for Informatics - Chapter 12 - HTTP |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 1/3) |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 2/3) |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 3/3) |
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Week 14 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 14 - Relational Databases and SQLite |
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Blackboard Backup of the Course |
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Blackboard IMSCC Export |
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Moodle Backup of the Course |
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Python for Informatics - Full Collection on YouTube |
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PythonLearn |
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Autograder Source Code |
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Python for Informatics: Using the Autograder |
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Autograder Source Code |
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Python for Informatics: Using the Autograder |
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Blackboard Backup of the Course |
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Blackboard IMSCC Export |
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Book, Slides, Links, etc. (44 MB, zip file) |
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Code |
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Individual Lecture Files (MP4) |
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Lecture Audio Podcast on iTunes |
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Lecture Video on YouTube |
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Python for Informatics - Full Collection on YouTube |
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Week 00 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Introduction and Welcome |
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Week 01 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 1 - Introduction |
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Week 02 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 2 - Expressions |
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Week 03 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 3 - Conditional Execution |
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Week 04 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 4 - Functions |
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Week 05 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 5 - Iterations |
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Week 06 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 6 - Strings |
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Week 07 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 7 - Files |
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Week 08 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 8 - Lists |
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Week 09 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 9 - Dictionaries |
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Week 10 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 10 - Tuples |
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Week 11 Lecture - Python for Informatics: Chapter 11 - Regular Expressions |
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Week 12 Lecture - Python for Informatics - Chapter 12 - HTTP |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 1/3) |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 2/3) |
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Week 13 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 13 - Web Services (Part 3/3) |
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Week 14 Lecture - Python for Informatics Chapter 14 - Relational Databases and SQLite |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 13.1 |
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Exercises Overview Presentation |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 02.2 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 02.3 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 03.1 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 03.2 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 04.6 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 05.1 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 06-07 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 07.1 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 08 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 09 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 10 |
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Python for Informatics: Exercise 12.4 |
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