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Overview
This Creative Coding - Hands-On Python, Specialization course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Michigan models learning-by-doing through engaging, creative, and collaborative activities as well as conceptual videos that move beyond instructor lectures. The activities and exercise in this series will engage learners in the fundamentals of programming while encouraging creative expression through code.
By the end of the series, learners will successfully answer the question - how do I express my creativity while learning intermediate programming skills?
Applied Learning Project
- By the end of the series, you will create programs that run a choose your own adventure story, encrypt and decrypt a message, draw a picture, and you will create a class that adds effects to images.
- You will also learn to debug code, work with difficult data, use regular expressions(Regex), scrape web pages for data, use the JSON format, use APIs, work with SQL and store data in a database, and to make charts and figures from data.
Skills you'll gain
- Data Structure
- Computer Programming
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Python Programming
- Parsons Problems
- Debugging
- Creative Programming
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Big Ideas in Programming: Expressing Yourself with Python
- The Power of Object-Oriented Programming
- Debugging: Hunting and Squashing Bugs
- Answering Interesting Questions with Data
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Mountain View, United States
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Intermediate level
- It is recommended that you should have some prior programming experience with variables, loops, conditionals, and functions.
Tuition Fees
Additional Details
Course is free for the first 7 days. After 7 days, the course can be accessed with the Coursera Plus Subscription
Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.
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