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About the Course

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course. This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. Once a student completes this course, they will be ready to take more advanced programming courses. This course covers Python 3....
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Introductory course

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Top reviews

JV

Jun 10, 2022

Excellent for beginners like me. Although, I do wish that there were more examples and explanations per topic, more exercises per topic, and more projects per topic to really drive home the material.

SM

Mar 24, 2016

excellent for beginners, very well described, great understanding grasped and its simple, very simple, but thats what makes it 5 star, is that its for anyone or as the title says pythong for Everybody

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By Utkarsh M

Mar 27, 2019

This is my first experience with Coursera. I am so overwhelmed with this system, that as soon as I am done with this course, I'll go for next. Speaking of this course, I had an amazing experience with beginners course of Python. It made me confident, and gave me courage to purse more in this field.

By Rodolfo C V

Mar 26, 2019

Es un curso muy bien estructurado, con documentación excelente y un instructor no acartonado que explica muy bien cada tema y generosamente comparte su entusiasmo con entrevistas de sus colegas y pequeños clips de grupos de estudiantes de python. Para mi es una experiencia muy grata en Coursera.

By QIAOLIN X

Sep 27, 2018

This course is very interesting and appealing. I love the teaching style of Dr. Charles. As a woman, it is even easy for me to learn programming. I think learning Python on Coursera is a once-in-a-life experience for me. I have already introduced the course to many of my friends and family members.

By anshi s

Jun 18, 2018

Great course for beginners!! Professor Charles is a great teacher as he explains everything in a lucid way and even clear misconceptions in the mind of novice programmers. It helped me to build my fundamentals in a very organized way . Must to take for anyone beginning to learn python from scratch.

By Jason R

Jul 23, 2017

I thought this course was excellent. I had a little experience with Python from another Coursera course, and this helped to clarify and solidify the basics. It seems well-designed for beginners although absolute beginners with little experience in STEM may have to work hard and use other resources.

By Henry O

Oct 2, 2016

The pace is perfect for beginners. I've done a fair amount of programming in the past but I definitely appreciate how the tutor goes through the material patiently. The assignments were fairly easy for me due to my background but I thought they were challenging enough for any first-time programmers

By Jason B

Jan 19, 2016

Completely new to programming. This course was easy to understand, but seems to provide complete information to write complex programs if desired. The presentation is concise, so not overwhelmed with unnecessary information or overly long explanations. The professor is engaging for the lectures.

By Victor

Dec 5, 2015

As an introductory course it offers a lot if you are aspiring to START learning about Python or programming in general. The workload is light but you learn enough and I'd recommend to advance to the course in the series to continue applying what you learned and to expand that knowledge more deeply.

By Elina M

Jul 26, 2021

Programming has never been so fun! When combined with extra resources (books, trainings, extra course) this course becomes highly effective. It feels very natural to go from Matlab and Java to Python by doing solving these simple problems. Thanks a ton and I am looking forwards to the next course!

By Juniper V

May 15, 2021

The magical thing about you is that when you are talking about a teaching content, it feels like you are like us, and you don’t know what it is. Your unique guiding method is like a small upward fountain, and the hidden underneath is your huge reserves of knowledge.I will keep learning on Coursera

By sumeyye d

Mar 14, 2021

I had no idea before I joined the Dr.Charles Severance's course and now I feel like I passed the hardest part of the programming, cause I used to think always how I can start to and who can teach me from the begining. I am so glad to have that chance, thank you so much especially to Mr. Severance.

By Jessmae Z

Nov 8, 2020

This course is highly recommended! Title is very apt for the course: it is indeed programming for everybody. I love how the concepts were simplified in a manner that you won't be overwhelmed with the new concepts introduced in the whole course (even if you don't have any knowledge in programming).

By Shubham S

May 31, 2020

Really enjoyed your way of teaching Dr. Chuck! Although I'm familiar with Python, I'm taking this specialization to strengthen my basics and become more proficient in Python with the help of some guidance from an expert. And what more do you want if you can have your guide be like a friend too! :D

By Rakesh S

Apr 25, 2020

Mr. Chuck is the best tutor I ever met online or f 2 f. I am much comfortable studying online initially until my basics are strong. I'll would surely like to meat Mr. Chuck so that I and move ahead with this journey with better motivation and better base as well.

Thank you once again.... Mr. Chuck.

By Sufair A

Apr 20, 2020

Really I am so happy with this course, this is the first course I feel comfortable to solve my assignment and also feel excited how fast I submit my assignment. This is the first course that overcomes the fear of my programming language. Especially thanks to our Instructor and I am so glad to him.

By rubel3zo

Apr 16, 2020

thank you so much to give this opportunity.i am learning lots of thing about this course.now i write python code and solve some small problem. it is also helpful in my future life.it also help my job section.i am happy to complete the course.i am excited to do the next half of the course.thank you

By Bianca B

Sep 22, 2019

It is a great course! I have never had experience with Python before this course, but the professor was awesome at walking through the lectures in a very understandable manner for a beginner like me. Would highly recommend this course to others looking to get an overview on programming in general!

By Yi-Wen C

Apr 18, 2018

This course is really really great!! Dr. Chuck 's lectures are very clear and easy to learn. I have never programmed before, so I was a little nervous about taking this class. Fortunately, this course is so great that I can totally understand what Dr. Chuck wanted to teach us. Highly recommended!!

By Haiyun C

Jan 25, 2018

This course is very easy to follow. The assignments align with the content of the lecture very well. Mentors response to my questions on the discussion forum within 30 minutes. I would recommend it to another student who would like to learn python or any other programming language to use coursera.

By Kesavan N

Sep 23, 2017

I loved the teaching style of Professor Charles Severance! He did a great job of keeping it engaging while disseminating important basic concepts in programming while focussing on Python specific syntax and best practices in Python. I'll certainly take more courses taught by Professor Severance.

By MOTHUKURI S K P

Sep 10, 2017

very Clear Explanation of concept with very very good examples, it's a great starting for me into PYTHON with this type of boosting by Charles Severance pushed me with more enthusiastic in learning. Because of that interest only I'm able to speed up my learning. Once again a Great Thankful to you.

By 胡琼尹

Mar 4, 2017

The course is very helpful.It provides me with abundant resource including e-book,teacher's note for lecture and past students' note for the course.Most importantly,the mentors in the discussion forum are really nice.They always solved problems I proposed in time,which makes me feel so encouraged.

By Kristin I

Jan 1, 2017

Great course for beginners just like me! Prof Severance is explaining very clearly and slowly enough to get into the matter. The book is very good as well. I find the assignments complex enough with the relevant level of difficulty for each week.

Definitely am recommending it to all of my friends!

By Sophie Y

Feb 1, 2016

Well organized contents. Great for Python beginners with some experiences of other programming language (like R). The only pity is that some of the functions (like the "raw-input", "print", etc.) are not compatible with the latest versions of Python, so you have to check it out online by yourself.

By Vishwas K V

Jan 13, 2016

This course is the Best thing that can happen to anyone who wants to not just learn, but to understand the way in which a computer works. I am very thankful to Coursera, University of Michigan and Prof. Charles Severance for making this course available to everyone. It cant really get any better:)