Introduction to Python
  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid
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Introduction to Python

Issued by Binghamton University

The badge earner has demonstrated the ability through hands-on exercises to perform the following: software installation and discuss language basics, explain variables and data structures (strings, lists, matrices, dictionaries), apply flow control and function definition, perform data plotting and visualization, use modules in Python, and apply object-oriented programming.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Hours
  • Cost Paid
Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • This course is open to all engineers, professionals, faculty, and college-level students with technical or non-technical backgrounds.
  • This is a self-paced, online course that will require 10-15 hrs to complete and is designed for learners with little or no prior experience. Topics include variables, data types, and fundamental data structures such as lists, tuples, and dictionaries. Core programming concepts such as conditionals, loops, functions, and algorithmic thinking are taught alongside object-oriented programming principles. Hands-on practice through guided coding exercises, self-assessments, and a final exam (graded).
  • To earn this credential the learner must pass the final exam.
  • $250.00 - standard/industry; $225.00 - group rate (3–5 people from the same organization); $150.00 - BU and SUNY faculty/staff/alumni (graduated May 2021 or prior), or non-SUNY students; $105.00 - non-BU/SUNY students (must provide evidence of matriculation at a university/college); $95.00 - BU and SUNY students, recent BU alumni (graduated December 2021 or after), or high school students; $35.00 - retake fee – students (must provide evidence of previous course registration).