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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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JT

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I completed the course in about three days. I've never programmed before to the learning curve was excruciating but nonetheless I managed to get through and finally get my python feet wet so to speak.

DU

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Excellent, although, even without having any programming experience except some Visual Basic at school about ten years ago, in my opinion the course could have bee more difficult and the pace quicker.

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By Deleted A

Dec 18, 2018

Um curso em ritmo lento. Muito tranquilo, muito legal. Ajuda a pegar o básico de Python sem ter dor de cabeça. Os resultados rápidos e tarefas (fáceis) são um estímulo a continuar aprendendo. Gostei, nota máxima. Espero que os próximos cursos deste integradão sejam mais desafiadores.

By Ashish G

May 10, 2018

The course has been designed holistically to allow even a beginner to understand each of the concept slowly and gradually and build upon the skills to write practical codes. I thank University of Michigan and Dr. Severance for providing this course and Coursera for making this happen

By Xiaocheng J

Dec 25, 2017

This course is great!!! It's my first time to learn a computing language online, although I've worked in IT industry for 3 years. LOL I guess today all people need to pick up programme languages and PYTHON is super easy for beginners. Hope to meet Charles in Melbourne in the future!

By Viet H P

Jan 11, 2017

Thank you Dr. Chuck!

It was very rewarding to participate in this foundational course. It gave me the confidence in programming which I lacked before entering this course. Short-to-the point, easily understandable, and challenging assignments, this is what I can say about this course.

By Pragati

Feb 26, 2016

I am really happy that I took this course. The professor Charles Severance is an excellent teacher who teaches with such simplicity and positive attitude that we tend to study further. I finished the course 5 week course in less than 5 days because of the interesting pedagogy. Thanks

By Shaun S

Nov 29, 2015

Fantastic course, Well structured and to the point and informative. I didnt know anything about python before this course, now i have a full grasp of how powerful python can be and i have an understanding of the language. Thank you for putting in the time and effort into this course.

By Qiu J

Nov 25, 2015

Very great for someone with no programming experience. Could consider making a course specially for people who have programming skills but wish to learn python. So possibly a course on teaching us the syntax and perhaps the frequently used key words or operators but in python syntax.

By Mayara B

Jun 9, 2023

Todo o curso foi muito bom, amei.

uma sugestão: Ter as regras e instruções como texto, para ler, pois isso permite fazer anotações e resumos a parte, para uma melhor compreensão.

darei inicio aos outros módulos, estou muito feliz e empolgada com essa nova jornada de estudos. Obrigada!

By Calvin J S

Apr 2, 2021

Very easy course to understand and learn from. The assignments are rather simple and that's how they should be when introducing anyone into programming for the first time. If you're looking for a course that introduces you to python in a seamless manner, then this course is perfect!

By Kerem T O

Jan 27, 2021

I have just started programming and I was an absolute beginner. This course has taught me a lot about about how computers work and what we can do with computers. It is safe to say this course has broaden my horizon. Also, Amazing teacher! I would love to meet with Dr. Chuck one day.

By Rakesh L

Sep 5, 2020

i have seen a issue with the code checking thing ,everyone has there own style of writing the code , so when someone writes the code and if the code is using all the concepts asked in the question , logically sounds good and output is produced , he should be awarded with the grade .

By Varrnit J

Jun 12, 2020

I studied python earlier also but nobody taught it better.I am a poor student from India and i was not having the money to complete the course but i am happy that coursera provided me this course for free.I will keep learning from coursera.

Thanks coursera team

Regards Varrnit Jaiswal

By Roy C

May 27, 2020

Excellent approach to explain concepts...liked the example of the note on dog to explain the reserved word in python and the approach used to explain how the mind works to identify the greatest number by popping up one number at a time on the screen. Had a great learning experience.

By Gilberto B

May 18, 2020

This Course is what you need if you don’t know nothing about programming, the Dr Severance will take on the way of the programming in an easy, interesting and entertained way, besides, at the end of every week are some perfect resources to motivate you to keep studying and learning.

By Rasamsetti M

May 4, 2020

This is great start point to learn programming for everyone who is interested, not necessarily who is good at programing. This is excellent course which help us understand step by step and do the given work simultaneously. And special thanks to Dr. Chuck, he is the best educator!.

By Benjamin R K

Jun 14, 2019

I believe this course does well what it intends to be (a class for absolute beginners). Somewhat unfortunately, I am NOT a beginner, but I believe that this class would have been perfect to take when I was a beginner. Further, the instructor is marvelous at teaching an online class.

By Deleted A

May 9, 2018

Overall, a great introduction for newbys like myself.

The lecturer/professor knows what he's doing and that's what important factor is. You just can't rush towards something because you want master, it takes time and needs patience; I am sure Chuck knows all these and hence 5 stars.

By VAMSI B

Aug 20, 2017

This is one of the finest courses for people who want to get started with python. The resources available here are abundant to review, learn and attempt the assignments . Besides, Dr.chuck(instructor) simplifies the complex concepts in a way that a novice can understand programming.

By Reda R

Aug 18, 2017

This course is a good introductory course for people who wants to learn programming. It provides a simple and easy to catch explanations for basic programming concepts. Also provides a lot of interesting additional videos to easily help people join to the computer science community.

By Ranying

Apr 25, 2017

Course 1 is accessible for most people, even those without any basic Python knowledge. I had been studied social science for almost 6 years but I feel comfortable when I took this course. I would like to thank Dr. Chunk for making this Python course understandable and acceptable :)

By Divya K

Apr 13, 2017

I have always attempted to learn Python in bits and pieces, But after opting this course, it was all systematic. Dr. Chuck is so easy and do understand what the student must be thinking. I loved the course and now my confidence level In Python has increased to 1 level. Thanks again.

By Сергей Р

Feb 18, 2017

It was very interesting and very informative course, and I've really enjoyed studying it. I am very satisfied both with the presented information and manner of its presentation and looking for the continuation of study. Thanks to everyone who are responsible for this beautiful work.

By Laurel G

Nov 1, 2016

This course is well-paced and the instructor is engaging. It's clear if you don't have any experience with programming, but not insanely boring if you already do have some. It's also well structured. The order of the weekly topics is logical and leads well from one week to the next.

By Gary P

Feb 22, 2024

Dr. Severance has made Python easy to learn by explaining all aspects of code. I have taken several Python courses and they would add code but not explain their meaning or use making it difficult to learn. I was making assumptions and not learning. Thanks, Dr. Severance, Great Job!

By tuba h

Oct 12, 2022

ffirst of all thank you so much for this onloine plat because of this we could learn from university of michighan. The way Dr chuck tuaght us this was excellent. They know how to teach their student. everything was very useful. i will connect on future with this online plat form.