Python Basics is an introductory five-week, in-person series to help graduate students become familiar with the Python programming language. This series is intended for attendees who have little or no programming experience. 

Python is one of the world's most popular programming languages and is widely used for machine learning, data science, text analysis, and other research applications. The curriculum covers the basics of assigning variables, using operators and built-in functions, manipulating text strings, and working with data in lists and dictionaries. 

Graduate students who are available to attend all five sessions will have first priority for registration. Each session in the workshop series builds on the previous session, therefore you must be able to attend all five dates to participate in the series. The workshops will take place from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM over the course of five Mondays in February-March:

Monday, February 3

Monday, February 10

Monday, February 17

Monday, February 24

Monday, March 3

Each session will be held in-person in classroom 106D, located on the first floor of the J.D. Williams Library. For additional information, contact Dr. Shelby Watson at sahilton@olemiss.edu.

You may also be interested in our Python Intermediate Series which will be held in the second half of Spring 2025.