Fwd: Universities teaching Python

[Chris Neugebauer]

Hey there,

This got sent to the PyCon AU orgs list. Anyone want to point Richard
in the direction of University distance courses that teach Python?

--Chris


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From: Richard Luke <r...@rmultiple.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Universities teaching Python
To: Chris Neugebauer <chri...@gmail.com>


Hi Chris

I'm in Northern NSW and planning to study by distance, so anywhere in
Au is possible.

Thanks for your help.

Richard

r...@rmultiple.com

>> From: Richard Luke <r...@rmultiple.com>
>> To: "con...@pycon-au.org" <con...@pycon-au.org>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:21:07 +1100
>> Subject: Universities teaching Python
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm looking for a university that teaches Python programming as part
>> of a computer science undergraduate degree program and thought you
>> might know where to start looking.
>>
>> I'm planning to enrol in 2nd semester 2013 and really want to study at
>> a uni where Python is taught. A lot of them seem to only teach C and
>> Java.
>>
>> Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Richard Luke
>


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[Pete Werner]

I know Macquarie has a couple of units

http://comp.mq.edu.au/units/comp249/

http://comp.mq.edu.au/units/comp348/

Not sure if they can be done by distance though.

Cheers

Pete

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[james salter]

hrm, python's cool but this is not a good selection criteria for a computer science degree.

the degree is about learning cs fundamentals like algorithms, networks, databases, operating systems, hardware .. stuff you will use for your entire career, not particularly transient things like programming languages, web standards, framework of the week etc. 

you should be looking for universities that teach those types of things well, not their choice of language. 

if you're in nsw anyway, unsw and sydney are both good schools (disclaimer: i am a unsw alumnus)

[Tennessee Leeuwenburg]

If you just want the content, not the bit of paper, I can highly recommend Udacity online. In fact, it would be an awesome adjunct to a traditional university education. They offer an amazing standard of education, and Python is the de facto standard language in their courses.

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[Samuel Marks]

Also Coursera and EdX

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[Hal Ashburner]

Also MIT open courseware CS courses, many of which use python, are truly excellent.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/

Sent from a mobile phone.

[Samuel Marks]

The OCW from MIT are moving to EdX.

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[Bianca Gibson]

On 28 Feb 2013 13:57, "Tennessee Leeuwenburg" <tleeuw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you just want the content, not the bit of paper, I can highly recommend Udacity online. In fact, it would be an awesome adjunct to a traditional university education. They offer an amazing standard of education, and Python is the de facto standard language in their courses.

It's also a good supplement to traditional uni. I regularly use resources from online courses as a supplement.

Monash are moving their Computer Science and Software Engineering to python starting with this years intake.

However, I agree that programming language is a poor criteria for a computer science degree.

Cheers,
Bianca