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MIS 315Python Programming

3 credits · Management Information Systems · Penn State

Students will learn how to program with Python, which is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics. Students will demonstrate how to easily use this for small, large, online and offline projects.Students will utilize Python for web development, simple scripting and data analysis. Students will describe how Python supports modules and packages, which encourages program modularity and code reuse. Students will develop a project with Python's interactive mode combined with the PyPI (Python Package Index). Students will become proficient with Python, which is the leading language of choice for many data scientists.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Management Information Systems, B.S. (Behrend)
What it opens up

Courses that list MIS 315 as a prerequisite (2)

  • MIS 417 Programming for Data Analytics
  • MIS 435 Systems Design and Implementation