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About the Course

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course. This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. Once a student completes this course, they will be ready to take more advanced programming courses. This course covers Python 3....
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High quality instructor

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Introductory course

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DJ

Nov 4, 2018

I loved it! Dr. Chuck is extraordinary in his explanations. A great way to start on Python programming. As a person that hasn't programmed in years it was an encouraging and educational experience :-)

V

Apr 28, 2020

Great introduction to Python and programming as a whole. Everything is broken down making it easy to understand. Had zero programming experience before and this class made it easy and fun to get into.

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By Salman K

May 15, 2020

The course is designed in a proper manner to make it an easy one for the learners. You surely won't feel bored and want to finish the course and learn more. The instructor was a pretty good one and presented all the topics in the easiest way possible by also doing fun and never making you bored.

By Parth K

Jun 29, 2019

Its a very nice course. It starts from very basic programming concepts and introduces one to the world of Python Programming step by step. I would highly recommend this course to anybody who wants to learn Python. This is a very easy course and you won't find it difficult if you study regularly.

By Li J

Jun 5, 2019

Dr. Charles is really a good teacher, he is patient and humor in class. This indeed reduce all the worry for mastering new program language. I'm approaching to 40 years old, want to open a new career path starting by python. Very glad to study here in this big Coursera family. - From Molly Jiang

By Shashank S

May 22, 2019

This is an amazing course for all the beginners who want to learn python programming. The focus of this course is how to make anyone comfortable with programming language. Thanks to Dr. chuck and the Coursera team for providing such an important course to students. Keep shining Team coursera...

By Devin E

Jun 11, 2017

I started learning python3.x on my own before I found Coursera. This first section was pretty basic. But! By the end of the section I feel like I am thinking differently and understanding better than I used to. Like Snape said, there are things you will learn about the way you approach problems.

By Nora P

Mar 18, 2017

It was my first online course experience and absolutely great one. The course material was really well-organized and even the ones with no or unrelated background could follow up. The tutor was explaining thoroughly the course material in detail in a exiting way and you don't get bored at all.

By Christian A E C

May 13, 2021

It was a great experience, even if I don´t really have a huge background in python, I really understand very well all the concepts and exercises. I want to thank, Coursera and The University of Michigan for the financial aid and for this opportunity, I really enjoy it!!!. Thank you very much!!!

By mohammed a a

Nov 3, 2020

Both the material and instructor are awesome . no boring staff and keep motivating you by the way the course is constructed . you gain full confidence and get motivated to complete the other courses . I strongly recommend it even if u had previous courses on same topic . here it is different .

By Suhail K

Oct 16, 2020

This course helped me a lot in understanding python basics like user input, loops, conditionals, functions, comparison operators, and many more. This course motivated me a lot in learning python and taught me a lot about python and encourage me to learn and grab the advanced python. Thank you.

By D19DCS138 D R

Aug 20, 2020

I completed this course, spending 4 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium. This course was helpful for me to gain interest in python and coding too. This course is giving a deep knowledge about how to work with python and coding in the world of IT. I loved this course.

By Priyank V P

Jul 28, 2020

This is a gem of course. Coming from a little bit of coding background it is not a big deal to understand the stuff. But when your younger sibling with not much background can grasp the concept you know you have chosen the right course. Instructor explains all in simplest way in engaging manner

By John B

May 27, 2020

Outstanding course presented and taught in an easy to understand, self-paced, visual learning manner. Excellent exercises which reinforce the section topics. Very non-intimidating course. Great being able to interact with others via forums and to both ask for help and provide help as needed.

By Navendu S B

Sep 17, 2019

I had a great experience while learning this course and Professor Charles R. Severance is a great teacher. I do appreciate his way of teaching, his notes, his narration about a perticular topic. I believe he is one among the best teachers anybody can have in there life to learn from. Thank you.

By Varnika V S

Mar 23, 2019

I would like to thank Charles Sir for his extraordinary efforts put in to teach us the basic python. I'm so glad that i'm able to write the code on my own now. I'm quite efficient enough to fix the wrong code. Thanks again Sir. Would like to learn and explore more courses with u in future. :-)

By Deleted A

Oct 29, 2018

This course is really awesome, it really helped me to clarify my doubts related to various topics and i would like to recommend it to everyone who are looking for the beginner course in python. And i would really like to thank you Charles Severance sir, the way he taught everything was amazing.

By Sunny M

Feb 18, 2018

really great course for getting into programming and python in general.

I'm happy that I decided to take it with the specialization offered by University of Michigan at Coursera because Charles Severance - the professor and instructor of the course - has a great teaching style.

Kind regards,

Sunny

By Selcuk O

Nov 13, 2016

Thanks to Prof. Charles Severance. His approach on teaching makes things easier to understand, and he helped me gain a better way of seeing the code, and think right. I am so encouraged to learn more and gain solid skills with following series of this course.

Thanks,

All the best,

Selcuk Ozmumcu

By Hyorim K

May 23, 2020

it was quite tough as I am not really good at math, but the professor was good so it was really helpful to get through all the obstacles. I think it's still hard to write a code but I can understand a python. it's good for the people who wants to know what is python and how to handle the code.

By Ryan B

Feb 7, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. I'm new to programming, so the video tutorials were a big help! I feel as though if I were in a class environment, I would struggle since you're unable to rewind in-person lectures :).

I'm looking forward to further developing my knowledge in computer engineering!

By Greg C

Feb 19, 2019

Great into course: The material presented in the lecture videos, combined with the quizzes, and hands-on interaction using your code with the auto-grader really make you think for yourself, reinforcing the concepts, so that you learn and retain the material as you progress through the course.

By prajwal c n

Nov 5, 2018

fantastic, absolutely brilliant from Charles n Coursera. Good stuff and great learning experience for me as well. All the assignments and explanatory programmes are convincing and the best course for learning and getting started with python.Thank u Coursera. Life becomes easier with coursera.

By Li 이 연

Jul 15, 2018

The course is a great course for beginners. I had no pre-knowledge of Python at all. The only thing you need to do is to follow the instruction of Dr. Severance. Then you will be able to complete the test and homework without any difficulties. I I think I will keep going through all 5 classes.

By Antonio T

Apr 24, 2017

Python is the best way to start how to understand programming is all about.

Now, I can almost write any program through the basis of my knowledge gained from completing my "Programming for Everybody" - (Getting Started with Python).

Thanks to Charles Severance who is the Best Python instructor.

By Muhammad T J

Feb 14, 2024

I have learned so much form this course and now I am capable of understanding the Python language properly. For sure this course is recommended by be to everyone who interested in learning Python because the platform has created the best way to learn and the tutor is the greatest of all time.

By Shatakshi S

Jul 25, 2023

As an aspiring programmer, I recently completed the "Python for Everybody" course, and I must say it has been an outstanding learning experience. The course provides an all-encompassing introduction to Python programming, catering to both beginners and individuals with some coding background.