University of Michigan
Python for Everybody Specialization

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University of Michigan

Python for Everybody Specialization

Learn to Program and Analyze Data with Python. Develop programs to gather, clean, analyze, and visualize data.

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2 months
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Specialization - 5 course series

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

Course 118 hours4.8 (229,402 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Install Python and write your first program

  • Describe the basics of the Python programming language

  • Use variables to store, retrieve and calculate information

  • Utilize core programming tools such as functions and loops

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Syntax And Semantics
Category: Data Structure
Category: Tuple
Category: Python Programming

Python Data Structures

Course 218 hours4.9 (95,969 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain the principles of data structures & how they are used

  • Create programs that are able to read and write data from files

  • Store data as key/value pairs using Python dictionaries

  • Accomplish multi-step tasks like sorting or looping using tuples

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Syntax And Semantics
Category: Basic Programming Language
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Python Programming

Using Python to Access Web Data

Course 318 hours4.8 (44,151 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use regular expressions to extract data from strings

  • Understand the protocols web browsers use to retrieve documents and web apps

  • Retrieve data from websites and APIs using Python

  • Work with XML (eXtensible Markup Language) data

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Database (DBMS)
Category: Sqlite
Category: SQL

Using Databases with Python

Course 413 hours4.8 (21,305 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use the Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations to manage databases

  • Explain the basics of Object Oriented Python

  • Understand how data is stored across multiple tables in a database

  • Utilize the Google Maps API to visualize data

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Analysis
Category: Python Programming
Category: Database (DBMS)
Category: Data Visualization

What you'll learn

  • Make use of unicode characters and strings

  • Understand the basics of building a search engine

  • Select and process the data of your choice

  • Create email data visualizations

Skills you'll gain

Category: Json
Category: Xml
Category: Python Programming
Category: Web Scraping

Instructor

Charles Russell Severance
University of Michigan
60 Courses4,360,546 learners

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