[Python-au] Universities teaching python
George Wright
georgewr at bigpond.net.au
Fri Mar 1 21:22:18 UTC 2013
I would highly recommend the Coursera Interactive Python.
I did this course for 9 weeks last year. Really good teaching. A great learning experience!
But you don't get a formal credential from it.
It's on again this year in April and October this year.
https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython
Regards
George Wright
On 01/03/2013, at 11:00 PM, python-au-request at starship.python.net wrote:
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> Hi all, does not look like its been mentioned, Charls Sturt's Bach IT has
> ITC106 <http://www.csu.edu.au/handbook/handbook13/subjects/ITC106.html>
> Programming
> Principles which uses python. I have a work mate studying so I am giving
> him python lessons for this. Quickly looking at the rest of the papers they
> seem to move to java later on - not sure you can avoid that just yet :P.
> But! there is always jython.
> Papers link:
> http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/information_technology_it/course-structure#.US8oWL-W-uI
> Degree link:
> http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/information_technology_it/course-overview#.US8oSL-W-uJ
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> Regards,
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> Kaleb Ufton.
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>>> From: Richard Luke <rl at rmultiple.com>
>>>> To: "contact at pycon-au.org" <contact at pycon-au.org>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:07 +1100
>>>> Subject: Universities teaching Python
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a university that teaches Python programming as part
>>>> of a computer science undergraduate degree program and thought you
>>>> might know where to start looking.
>>>>
>>>> I'm planning to enrol in 2nd semester 2013 and really want to study at
>>>> a uni where Python is taught. A lot of them seem to only teach C and
>>>> Java.
>>>>
>>>> Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Richard Luke
>>>
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> From: Garry Trethewey <garrytre at bigpond.com>
> To: Wendy Langer <lollipopenator at gmail.com>
> Cc: python-au at python.net, sydneypython at googlegroups.com, Richard Luke
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> Hi
>
> I've just done
> https://class.coursera.org/programming1-2012-001/class
> The course has finished, so no discussion forum etc, but all the video
> lectures, exercises & assignments are there to use if you want.
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> Probably run again this year.
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> I thought a lot of it was pretty basic, even for me, but odd things were
> new and useful.
>
> Dunno how "official" and valuable any final certificates are, I suspect not.
>
> I've enrolled for https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython when
> it gets started.
>
> My programming background was a couple of months of spoonfeeding pascal
> & basic about 25 years ago at TAFE, then nothing, so when I needed to
> learn a language about 3 years ago, I thought I had a small head start,
> but I found www.alan-g.me.uk was the only thing really basic enough that
> I could use. Everything else sort of assumed I already knew something.
>
> From www.alan-g.me.uk there are links to other stuff, and more options
> than there were 3 years ago.
>
> HTH
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> On 28/02/13 01:22, Wendy Langer wrote:
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>> Looking for a uni where python is taught is a good idea, as it can
>> sometimes be a sign that a lot of thought has been put into the curriculum.
>>
>> The best advice depends a little on whether you are mainly looking for
>> python being taught as a sign of overall course quality, or whether you
>> are mainly just keen on actually learning python itself.
>>
>> In terms of learning Python itself, I would also recommend looking at
>> the free online courses developed by Udacity, Coursera, and others.
>>
>> If you've not been following the 'MOOC' movement (Massive Open Online
>> Courses), then here's an article to give an overview:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
>>
>>
>>
>> These courses are a great way to supplement any other study you may be
>> doing.
>>
>> Over the last year or so the number of courses has flowered into an
>> enormous array of diversity (love my mixed metaphors :)
>>
>>
>> There are many courses which use and/or teach python. I've listed one
>> below, and if you have a look around you places like class-central or
>> mooc-list, you will find others.
>>
>> I personally can recommend the Udacity courses - I've done several now.
>> I've not dome the one listed below, as I already knew python, but I'm in
>> touch with people who have done it and don't recall any complaints.
>>
>> One great thing about the way they have set things up is that you can
>> actually code python straight into your browser, so you can test out
>> whatever you learn each lesson right away, and you don't have to muck
>> about installing things on your computer unless you want to. (For
>> writing longer, more complex programs you would want to install it on
>> your computer at some stage, but at least you don't have to do that
>> right at the start, with all the annoyance tat installing things often
>> entails, right in the first week while you are truing to learn other
>> things and get oriented!)
>>
>>
>>
>> Here's the blurb from an introductory Udacity course in Computer Science:
>>
>> "What Will I Learn?
>>
>> At the end of this course you will have a rock solid foundation for
>> programming in Python and built a working web crawler. This course will
>> prepare you to take many of Udacity's more advanced courses." (See
>> https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101)
>>
>> These courses are free and typically 8 to 10 weeks long, although you
>> can take longer than that without penalty if you don't have much time
>> each week to complete the assignments. At the end you receive a digital
>> certificate.
>>
>> Currently this certificate does not give you actual university credit,
>> but that doesn't matter much if you are also studying in an 'official'
>> university course. Over time, they are introducing proctored exams which
>> you would pay for, and for which you would then receive true university
>> credit, but that's something that's not going to be really functional
>> for at least another year or two. However if you are getting credit
>> elsewhere anyway, then all you care about is the quality of the learning
>> experience, which in my experience is high with most MOOCs.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Chris Neugebauer <chrisjrn at gmail.com
>> <mailto:chrisjrn at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey there,
>>
>> This got sent to the PyCon AU orgs list. Anyone want to point Richard
>> in the direction of University distance courses that teach Python?
>>
>> --Chris
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Richard Luke <rl at rmultiple.com <mailto:rl at rmultiple.com>>
>> Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: Universities teaching Python
>> To: Chris Neugebauer <chrisjrn at gmail.com <mailto:chrisjrn at gmail.com>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Chris
>>
>> I'm in Northern NSW and planning to study by distance, so anywhere in
>> Au is possible.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> rl at rmultiple.com <mailto:rl at rmultiple.com>
>>
>>>> From: Richard Luke <rl at rmultiple.com <mailto:rl at rmultiple.com>>
>>>> To: "contact at pycon-au.org <mailto:contact at pycon-au.org>"
>> <contact at pycon-au.org <mailto:contact at pycon-au.org>>
>>>> Cc:
>>>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:07 +1100
>>>> Subject: Universities teaching Python
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a university that teaches Python programming as part
>>>> of a computer science undergraduate degree program and thought you
>>>> might know where to start looking.
>>>>
>>>> I'm planning to enrol in 2nd semester 2013 and really want to
>> study at
>>>> a uni where Python is taught. A lot of them seem to only teach C and
>>>> Java.
>>>>
>>>> Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Richard Luke
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --Christopher Neugebauer
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