The Python Intermediate Series is a four-week, in-person series designed for individuals with basic knowledge of Python who are ready to enhance their programming skills. This workshop series will utilize Google Colab, a platform very similar to Jupyter Notebook.

The workshop will cover, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Basics: Classes & Objects, __init__ method, Methods & Attributes
• Advanced Data Structures & Iterations: Tuples, Sets, Advanced List Comprehension, Enumerate, Zip, Map, Lambda Functions
• File & Error Handling: Reading and Writing Files (e.g., with open() as f:), CSV Handling, Exception Handling
• Introduction to Data Science & Pandas: Pandas, DataFrames, Data Cleaning, Filtering & Sorting, Visualization (matplotlib, seaborn), GroupBy & Aggregation

If you are not familiar with Google Colab, I highly recommend attending the "Introduction to Google Colab for Python Programming" workshop, which will be held on January 28th. You can find more details and register for the workshop here: https://calendar.lib.olemiss.edu/event/14042028

Workshops will be held every Thursday from 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM in Library 106D Classroom, located on the first floor of the J.D. Williams Library. The series begins on March 20th, but there will be no session on April 3rd due to the instructor attending a conference. The schedule is as follows:

• Thursday, March 20
• Thursday, March 27
• Thursday, April 10
• Thursday, April 17

Anyone who are available to attend all four sessions will be given first priority for registration. Each session builds on the previous one, so attendance at all four sessions is required to participate.

If you have no prior experience with Python, I highly recommend enrolling in the Python Beginner Series, which will take place before the Intermediate Session begins. For your convenience, here is the link to the Python Basics Series: https://calendar.lib.olemiss.edu/calendar/events/sp25_pythonbasics

For additional information, contact Dr. Sian Lee at slee63@olemiss.edu.