Geo-Python

Geo-Python -course at the University of Helsinki teaches you the basic concepts of programming and scientific data analysis using the Python programming language in a format that is easy to learn and understand (no previous programming experience required). Each lesson is a tutorial with specific topic(s) where the aim is to gain skills and understanding how to solve common data-related tasks using Python.

Learning goals

After completing this course, the students:

• understand basic programming concepts,
• are able to write short programs,
• can manage, analyze and visualize scientific data using Python.
• know how to use version control (git) and online repositories (GitHub) for documenting and communicating their work.

The course materials are openly available online

All materials are openly available online, see https://geo-python-site.readthedocs.io/

My contributions to the course

I created, maintained and taught the course during my PhD studies at the University of Helsinki between 2015-2018 together with David Whipp who is a professor at the Department of Geosciences and Geography (UH). Since then, I have still been involved in improving and maintaining the materials, and currently we are turning the course into a MOOC format that can be taken also by students that are not graduate students of University of Helsinki. The course continues to be taught at the University of Helsinki.