Introduction to Python for Data Science

Workshop Developers: · Last updated: August 27, 2025

This is a four-day workshop that will introduce students to Python as a data science language. We teach the basics of programming and logic in the context of Python and go on to show the tools that use Python for modern data analysis. This assumes no prior knowledge of Python, but will move at a quick pace to cover all the content. The workshop meets for 3 hours for 4 sessions.

Getting started

These workshops are Jupyter notebooks, which are documents that contain interactive Python code blocks interleaved with formatted text. You can participate in this workshop by clicking the links below which will open the respective notebooks in Google Colab . That's it! The notebook should load and be able to run without any additional setup.

Workshop content

Part 0: Python Healthy Habits

In this bonus notebook, we've collected tips, tricks, and healthy habits for Python and programming in general that we couldn't fit in the main course or that were too heavy on lecture. We will refer to this in class but not spend actual class time on it.