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Introduction

This is a listing of schools that are using Python in their curriculum.

I would like to confirm each of the schools below by linking to a specific web page with a course listing and/or the professor(s) teaching classes that involve the use of Python. Each listing should be expanded with a description of how Python is being used. -- KevinAltis

Need to copy info from:

• http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/pyBiblio/schools.php

High Schools

• Yorktown High School, in Arlington Virginia ([http://www.elkner.net/ Jeff Elkner])

Colleges and Universities

Australia

• University of New South Wales
  • Computer science taught/teaches course(s) with Python (as of about 2001)

Canada

• University of Waterloo

  • One of the more prestigious engineering/comp-sci schools in Canada is using it officially in [http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs488/ CS488 (Intro to 3D graphics)], and I'm told there's lots of use among faculty, staff and students. I don't think they actually teach much Python, they're focused on teaching OpenGL/graphics programming, but they do wind up using it as the framework into which the students slot their code.

• Cégep du Vieux-Montréal
  • Used for Advanced Web Development course (420-B63-VM)

  • Note: Cégeps are collegiate level schools giving a 2 year pre-university program or a 3 year professionnal program such as [http://www.cvm.qc.ca/informatique/pages/main.html Computing Technology]

France

• Université Bordeaux 1

  • Python is used as a first language for the Science & Technology licence

  • http://dept-info.labri.fr/initinfo/index.html

• Université Paris 13 - IUT Villetaneuse

  • Python is used as a first language for the Telecom & Networks DUT

  • http://www-gtr.iutv.univ-paris13.fr/Cours

• Institut Pasteur - Cours d'Informatique en Biologie
  • Python is used a the main language for teaching programming.

  • Course description: http://www.pasteur.fr/formation/infobio/

  • Online Python course: http://www.pasteur.fr/formation/infobio/python/

United Kingdom

• University of Oxford
  • Department of Physics (need to confirm)

  • http://www-teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk/computing/Programming/Python/Oxford/html/handbook_Python.html

United States

California

• University of California, Irvine

  • http://www.eng.uci.edu/catalogue/?page=engr_9

  • http://wingide.com/pipermail/marketing-python/2003-March/004157.html

• University of California Santa Cruz Extension in Sunnyvale CA

Colorado

• University of Northern Colorado

Connecticut

• Wesleyan University

Florida

• University of Florida

Georgia

• Georgia Tech

  • [http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315 Introduction to Media Computation]

Idaho

• Lewis & Clark State College

Iowa

• University of Iowa
• Wartburg College
  • Zelle's school

Kentucky

• Morehead State University

Massachusetts

• Hampshire College

Michigan

• Kalamazoo College

Minnesota

• Minnesota State at Bemidji

Mississippi

• Mississippi College

Missouri

• Southeast Missouri State

Ohio

• Capital University
  • Python is used in the traditional CS1 course using John Zelle's book
  • Python and C++ are used in CS2
  • lab assignments in many courses may be written in Python or C++
  • contact person: David Reed (dreed (at) capital.edu)
• Kent State

Oregon

• Mt Hood Community College

Pennsylvania

• Bryn Mawr College

need to confirm

• North Carolina State University
• California State University, Chico
• Centre College
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• University of Arizona
• University of Wisconsin, Madison

• University of Istanbul (http://www.linuxfocus.org/Francais/October1998/article67.html)

Books

• [http://www.fbeedle.com/99-6.html Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science] by John Zelle. Also see John Zelle's [http://mcsp.wartburg.edu/zelle/python/ Teaching with Python].

• Introduction to Media Computation: A Multimedia Cookbook in Python

  • http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/mediaComp-plan

• [http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python] by Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers

• Also see PythonBooks

Other Materials

• [http://www.python.org/other/python.mov Introducing Python] (Quicktime video, 14 minutes long, 68MB)

Related Pages

• PythonInScience