Quantitative Thinking and Python Programming
INFO Z620 Fall 2025
Course description
INFO Z620
Class times and locations
Mon, Wed 12:35p - 1:50p (1st 8-Week Class; Credits: 1.5); Biology Building (JH) 440
Tentative schedule (click the icon for a 
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| DAY | DATE | LECTURE | TOPIC | LECTURER | Mon | Aug 25 | 1.1 | Orientation PY4E 3: Variables, expressions and statements | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Aug 27 | 1.2 | PY4E 4: Conditional execution PY4E 5: Functions | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Sept 1 | Labor Day | no class | |
| Wed | Sept 6 | 1.3 | PY4E 6: Loops and iterations D+ bar Quiz in class | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Sept 8 | 2.1 | PY4E 9: Lists Applications | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Sept 10 | 2.2 | PY4E 7: Strings | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Sept 15 | 2.3 | PY4E 8: Files C+ bar Quiz in class | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Sept 17 | 2.4 | PY4E 3-9: Applications | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Sept 22 | 3.1 | PY4E 10: Dictionaries | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Sept 24 | 3.2 | PY4E 11: Tuples | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Sept 29 | 3.3 | Review and ... B+ bar Quiz in class | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Oct 1 | 3.4 | PY4E 12: Regular expressions PY4E 3-12: Applications | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Oct 6 | 4.1 | Advanced topics I Data science jupyter notebooks in biology Genomics 2 Notebook Scientific Computing and Visualization with Spyder | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Oct 8 | 4.2 | Advanced topics II Pandas: Getting Started Pandas Quick Guide Working with Pandas (Titanic dataset) Python in chemistry | Volker Brendel |
| Mon | Oct 13 | 4.3 | Advanced topics III biopython | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Oct 15 | 4.4 | Advanced applications: Presentations An interesting perspective A bar submissions due Oct. 17 by 6pm | Volker Brendel |