This course is part of the Python Basics for Online Research Specialization

Seth Frey

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Python Basics for Online Research SpecializationUniversity of California, Davis

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Manipulating the flow of how your code runs is the major part of coding and learning to think in code. We'll experience turning logic into useful work by automatically reading all of Shakespeare, and by setting Python up to give you a call on the phone. In technical terms, the parts of Python you will learn are for loops, list comprehensions, and conditional statements, while at a higher level we'll get a lot on code style and other common ideas and practices that surround the specifics of how to code.

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Course 3 of 4 in the

Python Basics for Online Research Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

What you will learn

Learn how to play faster and looser and more casual with code, skimming and copying code from the Internet.
Discuss code flow and the order that your computer reads the code you write. This introduces us to a whole other level of thinking in code.
Logic can be harnessed to do useful stuff. We'll make it concrete by performing tasks like building an anagram finder.
Apply Python by robocall and spam text yourself through the Twilio API.

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 3 of 4 in the

Python Basics for Online Research Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

Instructor

Seth Frey

Professor and Computational Social Scientist

1,760 Learners

4 Courses

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University of California, Davis

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Reading all of Shakespeare in an Instant

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 41 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

Week 2

4 hours to complete

The Flow of Your Python Code

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 62 min)

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Code Flow and Logic

4 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 51 min)

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Course Summary & Honors: Interactive Demo

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 31 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

About the Python Basics for Online Research Specialization

Online social science methods use technology to push the bounds of what we can know about human interaction and communication. The digitization of communication has provided a wealth of data that is transforming the social sciences. But there's a gap between the important questions about human nature and the raw, messy reality of code and data. In this 4-course specialization, we will bridge the gap, learning enough of a popular programming language—Python—to discover things about ourselves, our friends, each other, and society, as we interact with the Internet in code.

No prior skills or knowledge are assumed. Really this specialization is a "Pre-introduction" to code. On the technical skills side, this specialization will teach basic Python types, variables, code flow, and modules, up to functions. But you won't actually write any code. Instead this specialization will teach you to read, run, think, and play in code. That is because there is so much we can do to inspire and prepare you before you've even written your first line. It is recommended to take each course in the specialization and in sequence, as the four courses build off of each other. We look forward to being a part of your continuing education!

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