Programming for Everybody: Python Data Structures

Discover data structures and learn how they’re used in the Python programming language with experts at the University of Michigan.

Take your next step in learning Python from scratch

In this course, you’ll be introduced to the core data structures of the Python programming language and learn how they are used.

Designed as the next step up from the Programming for Everybody: Getting Started with Python course, this course moves past the basics of procedural programming.

You’ll learn how to use the built-in data structures in Python, such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples, to perform more complex data analysis.

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Explain the principles of data structures & how they are used
Develop programs that are able to read and write data from files
Demonstrate understanding of data storage using key/value pairs with Python dictionaries
Perform multi-step tasks like sorting or looping using tuples
Who developed the course?
University of Michigan
As the #1 public research university in the United States, U-M has been a leader in research, learning, and teaching for more than 200 years, with 102 Grad programs in the top 10 — U.S. News & World Report (2019).
Join free and you will get:
- Access to this course for 8 weeks