Description
Intro to Programming Course Overview
Intro to Programming is a live online class intended for middle and high school
students who want to learn how to code. Over the semester, we will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to Computers and Programming
- Input Processing and Output
- Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
- Repetition Structures
- Functions
- Files and Exceptions
- Lists and Tuples
- More About Strings
Students can continue to explore more concepts at their own pace with these included bonus lessons:
- Dictionaries and Sets
- Classes and Object Oriented Programming
- Inheritance
- Recursion
- GUI Programming
Python – a high-level, general-purpose programming language
Python is one of the most loved programming languages by developers, data scientists,
and software engineers because of its versatility, flexibility, and object-oriented
features. It’s also an easy language to get started with, and the concepts carry over to many other programming languages.
Students will learn essential concepts of object-oriented programming, including basic Python syntax, data types and functions. We will also learn how to work with data and harness the power of popular Python libraries like Pandas and NumPy.
Python is free to download, and works on any computer.
Why learn to program with Python?
Course Length
- One Semester (15 weeks)
Grade Levels
- 6-12
Required Materials
- No textbook is needed.
- The latest version of Python and Visual Studio Code will need to be downloaded for use in this course.
Marji McIlvaine
Chris Leingang
Kendra Currey