Python Programming

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Course Outline
Unit 0: Pre-Work

• Introduction to Programming
• Introduction to Python

Unit 1: Python and Programming Fundamentals

• Introduction to Programming With Variables
• Numerical Variables
• Reassigning Variables
• String Variables
• Lab 1

Unit 2: Control Flow

• Introduction to Control Flow
• Logical Comparison
• Boolean Conditionals
• Lists
• List Operations
• For Loops
• While Loops
• Functions
• Function Arguments
• Lab 2

Unit 3: Object-Oriented Programming in Python

• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• Dictionaries
• Sets
• Classes
• Class Instance Variables
• Inheritance
• Lab 3

Unit 4: Common Python Troubleshooting

• Variable Scope
• Debugging Principles and Techniques
• Intermediate Variables
• Lab 4

Unit 5: Intermediate Python

• Introduction to Intermediate Python
• File I/O
• User Input
• Code Abstraction: Itertools
• Code Abstraction: List Comprehensions
• Modules and Libraries
• APIs
• Lab 5

Unit 6a: Special Topic, Introduction to Data Science 
* Each course will include one special topic.

• Introduction to Python for Data Science
• Pandas
• Data Visualization
• Plotting With Pandas
• Pandas Best Practices
• Data Science and Python Lab

Unit 6b: Special Topic, Introduction to Web Applications 
* Each course will include one special topic.

• Introduction to Python for Web Development
• Introduction to Web Applications
• Flask
• Flask Routing
• Flask Templates
• Flask Requests
• Web Application Lab

Unit 7: Python Project

• Review and Q/A
• Final Project
• Course Summary