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BTEP Courses

Course Details Start Date
Jun
9-18
2026

Python Introductory Education Series 2026

  • Runs from: June 9, 2026 - June 18, 2026
  • What You Will Learn: This course covers the basics of Python programming for beginners. Python is widely used in data science, with packages like Pandas for data wrangling and Seaborn for visualization. Participants will practice scripting, working with tabular data, and creating visualizations. Access to NIH's High Performance Computing System (Biowulf) is recommended for
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06/09/2026 This course covers the basics of Python programming for beginners. Python is widely used in data science, with packages like Pandas for data wrangling and Seaborn for visualization. Participants will practice scripting, working with tabular data, and creating visualizations. Access to NIH's High Performance Computing System (Biowulf) is recommended for this course; if unavailable, one of the 30 in-class use only accounts will be provided to the participant. The class schedule is below. Getting Started with Python: Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1 – 2 PM Python Data Types, Variable Assignment, Conditionals, Loops and Iterators: Thursday, June 11, 2026, 1 – 2 PM Data Wrangling using Python: Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 1 – 2 PM Data Visualization using Python: Thursday, June 18, 2026, 1 – 2 PM