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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 PrinterFriendly.gif version)

DAYDATELECTURETOPICLECTURER
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

A bar submissions due Oct. 18 by 6pm
Volker Brendel