MIT University - Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Overview

To teach participants how to write Python programs to solve problems, manipulate data, perform calculations, and interact with user input

Duration	9 weeks
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Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Highlights

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Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Course details

Skills you will learn

Data structures Python Communication skills Software Testing Data Science

Who should do this course?

For working professionals in various fields who want to transition into software development or data science

What are the course deliverables?

Understand the fundamental concepts of computer science and computational thinking
Write Python programs using basic syntax, data types, variables, operators, control flow statements, functions, and modules
Solve programming problems using Python, including manipulating data, performing calculations, and interacting with user input
Apply Python to basic programming tasks, such as web scraping, data manipulation, and file handling
Use debugging and testing techniques to identify and correct errors in their Python code
Collaborate effectively in group projects and demonstrate problem-solving and communication skills

More about this course

This course is the first of a two-course sequence: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python, and Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science
Together, they are designed to help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming learn to think computationally and write programs to tackle useful problems
Some of the people taking the two courses will use them as a stepping stone to more advanced computer science courses, but for many it will be their first and last computer science courses
The goal is to provide students with a brief introduction to many topics so they will have an idea of what is possible when they need to think about how to use computation to accomplish some goal later in their career

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Curriculum

A Notion of Computation

The Python programming language

Some simple algorithms

Testing and debugging

An informal introduction to algorithmic complexity

Data structures

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python
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Faculty details

Eric Grimson

W. Eric L. Grimson is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and the Bernard M. Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering. He was Chancellor of MIT from 2011 to 2014. A member of the MIT faculty since 1984, Professor Grimson previously served as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as its associate department head, and as its education officer

Ana Bell

I am a part of the EECS department at MIT, where I've been teaching introductory computer science since 2013. I received my Bachelor in Applied Science from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. I received my MA and PhD from Princeton University, where I did research in computational biology.