(Short Course) Introduction to Programming
Course details
Year of entry
2025
Duration
10 weeks
Institution Code
G53
Location
Online
Why choose this course?
This course is ideal to broaden your technical computing skills by exploring an introduction-friendly programming language. It's aimed at building your confidence in programming and will cover key aspects such as structure and syntax before covering programming and computational fundamentals.
Take this course as an intro or as a platform for exploring future study options in the area of Computing and programming.
Key course features
- 10-week course
- Guided study and support to help you work through the course
- Develop your technical competence in programming
- Increase your confidence in using programming packages
What you will study
This course will cover a range of topics such as:
- Introduction to Python & Anaconda
- Variables & Data Types
- Working with Strings & Numbers
- Getting Input from the user
- Lists & Tuples
- Functions & Returns
- If Statements
- While and For Loops
- Nested Loops
- Reading and Writing to Files
- Introduction to Objects & Classes
Teaching & Assessment
Assessment: The assessment for this course will be coursework pieces that focus on individual areas of expertise within programming and IDE activities.
Fees & funding
To find out the most up to date fees for this course please contact shortcourses@wrexham.ac.uk.
If you are a staff or student at Wrexham University current or living in Wales, you may be eligible for a fee reduction or waiver on eligible courses.
Please contact shortcourses@wrexham.ac.uk for further details.
Course dates
There are currently no upcoming start dates for this course.
If you would like to be added to an enquiry list so you can be contacted when new dates are confirmed please register your interest.
