University of Michigan
Python 3 Programming Specialization
University of Michigan

Python 3 Programming Specialization

Become a Fluent Python Programmer. Learn the fundamentals and become an independent programmer.

Steve Oney
Paul Resnick
Christopher Brooks

Instructors: Steve Oney

Sponsored by PTT Global Chemical

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4.8

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8

(17,276 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
3 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Learn Python 3 basics, from the basics to more advanced concepts like lists and functions.

  • Practice and become skilled at solving problems and fixing errors in your code.

  • Gain the ability to write programs that fetch data from internet APIs and extract useful information.

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Specialization - 5 course series

Python Basics

Course 126 hours4.8 (17,862 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Learn Python 3 basics, including conditional statements, loops, and data structures like strings and lists.

  • Develop practical programming skills by creating drawings and building your debugging abilities.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Engineering
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Python Programming
Category: Interactive Learning
Category: Teaching
Category: Pedagogy
Category: Theoretical Computer Science
Category: Instructional Strategies
Category: Debugging
Category: Computational Thinking
Category: Student Engagement
Category: Computational Logic

Python Functions, Files, and Dictionaries

Course 241 hours4.8 (5,334 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explore the dictionary data structure and user-defined functions in Python.

  • Understand concepts like local and global variables, parameter-passing techniques, named functions, and lambda expressions.

  • Apply Python's sorted function and control sorting order with custom functions.

  • Create a final project involving social media data analysis and CSV file manipulation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Data Processing
Category: Algorithms
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Structures
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Document Control
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Records Management
Category: Document Management
Category: Data Management
Category: Programming Principles
Category: File Management
Category: Data Science
Category: Data Engineering
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Data Analysis

Data Collection and Processing with Python

Course 320 hours4.7 (3,974 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Fetch and process data from Internet services effectively.

  • Master Python list comprehensions for data extraction and processing.

  • Utilize the Python requests module to interact with REST APIs and navigate API documentation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Software Development
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: YAML
Category: Debugging
Category: Data Processing
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Web Services
Category: Information Systems
Category: Restful API
Category: Big Data
Category: Algorithms
Category: Data Structures
Category: API Design
Category: Extract, Transform, Load
Category: JSON
Category: Data Integration
Category: Data Engineering

Python Classes and Inheritance

Course 419 hours4.7 (3,651 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explore classes, instances, and inheritance to represent data efficiently.

  • Gain insights into class design and cultivate the practice of writing automated tests for your code.

  • Learn to override built-in methods and create inherited classes that reuse functionality.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Computer Programming
Category: Object Oriented Design
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Software Development
Category: Python Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Development Testing
Category: Software Testing
Category: Quality Assurance and Control
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Software Design
Category: Software Quality Assurance

Python Project: Software Engineering and Image Manipulation

Course 58 hours4.2 (1,475 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to inspect and understand APIs and third party libraries to be used with Python 3

  • How to apply the Python imaging library (pillow) to open, view, and manipulate images, including cropping, resizing, recoloring, and overlaying text

  • How to apply the python tesseract (pytesseract) library with Python 3 in order to detect text in images through optical character recognition (OCR)

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Image Analysis
Category: Software Design
Category: Python Programming
Category: Unified Modeling Language
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Computer Science
Category: Jupyter
Category: Software Development

Instructors

Steve Oney
University of Michigan
8 Courses516,915 learners
Paul Resnick
University of Michigan
9 Courses525,849 learners

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