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 * Yorktown High School, in Arlington Virginia ([http://www.elkner.net/ Jeff Elkner])
 * Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart - Houston, TX
 * Yorktown and Washington-Lee High Schools and the Arlington Career Center in Arlington Virginia ([[http://www.elkner.net/|Jeff Elkner]])
 * [[http://www.gfc.edu.co/colegio/proyectos/spt/|Gimnasio Fidel Cano]], Bogotá, Colombia ([[http://igor.tamarapatino.org/|Igor Támara]])
 * Model Experimental Senior High School of University of Macedonia - Thessaloniki, Greece<<BR>>(http://http://peiramatiko.uom.gr/), ICT instructor at python2304@gmail.com
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 * RMIT University
  * Computer science teaches course with Python

 * University of Queensland
  * [[http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~csse1001/|CSSE1001 Introduction to Software Engineering I]]

== Bosnia and Herzegovina ==
 * University of Banja Luka
  * Python is used in Introduction to CS1 and Introduction to CS2 courses at Department of Mathematics and Informatics
  * Information about courses (in Cyrillic): [[http://matinf.pmfbl.org/media/uploads/filebrowser/uur1bl11.pdf|Syllabus for Introduction to CS1]] [[http://matinf.pmfbl.org/media/uploads/filebrowser/uur2bl11.pdf|Syllabus for Introduction to CS2]]
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 * University of Toronto
  * The CS department has introduced [[http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_csc.htm#CSC120H1|Computer Science for the Sciences]], an introductory course aimed at (mainly) life sciences students.
  * [[http://www.cdf.toronto.edu/~csc207h/winter|CSC207H]] is a third-semester course that teaches several weeks of Python.
  * A few 2nd- and 3rd-year theory courses have students implement some algorithms in Python.
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  * 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.   * 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.

 * Wilfrid Laurier University
  * Python is taught in the Introduction to Programming ([[http://www.wlu.ca/physcomp/cp104/|CP104]]) and Data Structures ([[http://www.wlu.ca/physcomp/cp114/|CP114]]) courses.
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  * 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]   * 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]]

 * Simon Fraser University
  * Python is used in CMPT 120 (Intro to CS and Programming I). This course is designed for new Computing Science majors with little or no programming background. Other students throughout the University are also encouraged to take this course for breadth.
  * Python is also used to introduce server-side web programming in CMPT 165 (Intro to the Internet and WWW).
  * Several more specialized courses use Python as well. This includes web systems, computational linguistics, and others.

 * Université Laval
  * The EECE department is giving an [[https://capsuleweb.ulaval.ca/pls/etprod7/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201009&subj_code_in=GLO&crse_numb_in=1900|Introductory course on programming using Python (GLO-1900)]] to all first year students in the programs of Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering (and possibly to Software Engineering students in 2011).

 * University of Alberta
  * Python is used in CMPUT 174/175 (Intro to CS and Programming I/II). This course is designed for new Computing Science majors with little or no programming background. Other students throughout the University are also encouraged to take this course for breadth.

 * McMaster University

== China ==
 * Zhejiang University
  * Python is selected as the programming language for project of Digital Asset Management course 2011.
  * Course Information: [[http://www.cad.zju.edu.cn/home/zhx/DAM/2011/doku.php|Digital Asset Management 2011]]

== Finland ==
 * University of Helsinki
  * Programming in Python, voluntary intermediate level course.
  * http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/jttoivon/python-09/
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 * Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) - IUT d'Orsay
  * Python is used as computer science learning language for the "DUT Mesures Physiques" cursus
  * http://www.iut-orsay.fr/dptmphy/Pedagogie/
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 * 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/

 * Lycée Louis Armand (Nogent sur Marne) - BTS Informatique de gestion option Administrateur de réseaux
  * Python is used as a first programming language.
  * Python is used to write network oriented applications.

 * Université Paris-Dauphine - Master 2 MIAGE Informatique pour la Finance (IT for Finance)
  * Python is used as a agile and productive language
  * http://www.masterif.dauphine.fr/

== India ==
 * University of Calicut
  * Python is used in BSc Mathematics cource.
  * Course Syllabus (Two modules): http://www.universityofcalicut.info/syl/B.Sc_Maths_Syll.pdf

 * High school classes (8th, 9th & 10th standards) in Kerala state
  * Class X book: https://www.itschool.gov.in/pdf/Std_X/ICT/xEnglish.pdf (Chapter 4)

== Italy ==
 * IS Carlo Anti, Villafranca di Verona
  * High school classes of the Liceo Scientifico opzione Scienze Applicate

== Portugal ==
 * University of Évora
  * Python is used in an Introduction to Programming course
  * The book adopted for the course is the Downey book: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
  * The main objective for the course is to help students to understand the basics of programming, thus using Python as a tool to accomplish this goal.

== Singapore ==
 * Republic Polytechnic
  * Python is used as the main language for teaching introductory programming in a problem-based
   . learning approach.

  * http://www.rp.sg/courses/ict/it/course_structure.asp

== Spain ==
 * Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Polytechnical University of Catalonia.
  * EPSE Manresa. Python is used as the main language for teaching introductory programming in a first
   . Computer Science year.

  * [[http://www.upc.edu/|http://www.upc.edu]]

 * IES Pirámide (Huesca).
  * [[http://www.iespiramide.org/|http://www.iespiramide.org]]
  * Maths and Game Programming. Materials: http://sites.google.com/site/laislalibre/

 * Centro Público Integrado de Formación Profesional Los Enlaces. Zaragoza.
  * [[http://www.cpilosenlaces.com/|http://www.cpilosenlaces.com]]
  * [[http://moodle.cpilosenlaces.com/|http://moodle.cpilosenlaces.com]]
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 * University of Wolverhampton
 * Coventry University [[http://www.coventry.ac.uk/|http://www.coventry.ac.uk]]
 * University of Southampton, MSc in Web Science "Computational Thinking" module for non-computer scientists. http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/admissions/pg/msc/syllabus.php?unit=COMP6046
 * Bangor University http://www.bangor.ac.uk/cs/listcourses.php.en?view=course&prospectustype=undergraduate&courseid=420&subjectarea=4
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*  University of California, Irvine
 * University of California, Irvine
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 * University of California, Santa Barbara
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 * Chapman University, Orange
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 * Colorado School of Mines
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 * Florida Community College at Jacksonville
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  * [http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315 Introduction to Media Computation]   * [[http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/cs1315|Introduction to Media Computation]]
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 * Wartburg College   * Wartburg College
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 * Luther College
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 * Wheaton College
  * Python is one of the languages used in COMP 131: Computing for Poets
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 * Western Michigan University
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 * Wayne State University, Detroit (since 2010)
 * Michigan State University, E. Lansing
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=== New York ===
 * Binghamton University
  * Introduction to programming for students without any programming experience.
  * Python is used in this course using John Zelle's book
  * Course homepage: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~cs110/

 * Stony Brook University
  * Python is used for most of the programming assignments in CSE 307: Principles of Programming Language
 * New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
  * Python (2.7) is taught in [[http://cis.poly.edu/cs1114/cs1114.html|CS1114]] "Introduction to Procedural Problem Solving"/"Intro to Programming & Problem Solving", the introductory programming course for majors in CS, CompE, EE/CS, Urban Sustainability, and Physics & Mathematics (combined major).

=== North Carolina ===
 * Brunswick Community College, Supply NC

 * North Carolina State University
  * The Physics department uses it for teaching Physics for Engineers and Scientists I and II (PY 205, PY 208, more info at courses.ncsu.edu)
  * VPython is used for labs and web-based assignments. Students simulate different scenarios by writing code to create them based on the formulas used in lecture.
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   * 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)
  * 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)
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 * Franklin & Marshall College
  * Both CS1 and CS2 (Miller & Ranum's books)
  * In some advanced courses as well

=== Utah ===
 * Brigham Young University
  * CS 100 (Not required for CS majors)

=== Virginia ===
 * Radford University
 * Washington and Lee University
  * CS1 and CS2 using Lambert’s CS1/CS2 book

=== Washington ===
 * University of Washington, Tacoma
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= Non-Profits =
 * [[http://SoftwareLiteracyFoundation.org|The Software Literacy Foundation]]
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* [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].
 * [[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]].
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   * 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
  * 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
 * [[http://home.wlu.edu/~lambertk/python/|Fundamentals of Python: From First Programs Through Data Structures]] by Kenneth Lambert
 * [[http://www.pythonworks.org/home|Python: Programming in Context and Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python]] by Brad Miller and David Ranum
 * [[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002019.html|Introduction to Computing Using Python: An Application Development Focus]] by Ljubomir Perkovic
 * [[http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002046.html|Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus]] by Charles Dierbach
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 * [http://www.python.org/other/python.mov Introducing Python] (Quicktime video, 14 minutes long, 68MB)  * [[http://www.python.org/other/python.mov|Introducing Python]] (Quicktime video, 14 minutes long, 68MB)
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Schools using Python

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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

High Schools

Colleges and Universities

Australia

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canada

  • University of Toronto
    • The CS department has introduced Computer Science for the Sciences, an introductory course aimed at (mainly) life sciences students.

    • CSC207H is a third-semester course that teaches several weeks of Python.

    • A few 2nd- and 3rd-year theory courses have students implement some algorithms in Python.
  • University of Waterloo
    • One of the more prestigious engineering/comp-sci schools in Canada is using it officially in 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.

  • Wilfrid Laurier University
    • Python is taught in the Introduction to Programming (CP104) and Data Structures (CP114) courses.

  • 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 Computing Technology

  • Simon Fraser University
    • Python is used in CMPT 120 (Intro to CS and Programming I). This course is designed for new Computing Science majors with little or no programming background. Other students throughout the University are also encouraged to take this course for breadth.
    • Python is also used to introduce server-side web programming in CMPT 165 (Intro to the Internet and WWW).
    • Several more specialized courses use Python as well. This includes web systems, computational linguistics, and others.
  • Université Laval
  • University of Alberta
    • Python is used in CMPUT 174/175 (Intro to CS and Programming I/II). This course is designed for new Computing Science majors with little or no programming background. Other students throughout the University are also encouraged to take this course for breadth.
  • McMaster University

China

  • Zhejiang University
    • Python is selected as the programming language for project of Digital Asset Management course 2011.
    • Course Information: Digital Asset Management 2011

Finland

France

India

Italy

  • IS Carlo Anti, Villafranca di Verona
    • High school classes of the Liceo Scientifico opzione Scienze Applicate

Portugal

  • University of Évora
    • Python is used in an Introduction to Programming course
    • The book adopted for the course is the Downey book: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
    • The main objective for the course is to help students to understand the basics of programming, thus using Python as a tool to accomplish this goal.

Singapore

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

California

Colorado

  • Colorado School of Mines
  • University of Northern Colorado

Connecticut

  • Wesleyan University

Florida

  • University of Florida
  • Florida Community College at Jacksonville

Georgia

Idaho

  • Lewis & Clark State College

Iowa

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

Kentucky

  • Morehead State University

Massachusetts

  • Hampshire College
  • Wheaton College
    • Python is one of the languages used in COMP 131: Computing for Poets

Michigan

  • Western Michigan University
  • Kalamazoo College
  • Wayne State University, Detroit (since 2010)
  • Michigan State University, E. Lansing

Minnesota

  • Minnesota State at Bemidji

Mississippi

  • Mississippi College

Missouri

  • Southeast Missouri State

New York

  • Binghamton University
    • Introduction to programming for students without any programming experience.
    • Python is used in this course using John Zelle's book
    • Course homepage: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~cs110/

  • Stony Brook University
    • Python is used for most of the programming assignments in CSE 307: Principles of Programming Language
  • New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
    • Python (2.7) is taught in CS1114 "Introduction to Procedural Problem Solving"/"Intro to Programming & Problem Solving", the introductory programming course for majors in CS, CompE, EE/CS, Urban Sustainability, and Physics & Mathematics (combined major).

North Carolina

  • Brunswick Community College, Supply NC
  • North Carolina State University
    • The Physics department uses it for teaching Physics for Engineers and Scientists I and II (PY 205, PY 208, more info at courses.ncsu.edu)
    • VPython is used for labs and web-based assignments. Students simulate different scenarios by writing code to create them based on the formulas used in lecture.

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
  • Franklin & Marshall College

    • Both CS1 and CS2 (Miller & Ranum's books)

    • In some advanced courses as well

Utah

  • Brigham Young University
    • CS 100 (Not required for CS majors)

Virginia

  • Radford University
  • Washington and Lee University
    • CS1 and CS2 using Lambert’s CS1/CS2 book

Washington

  • University of Washington, Tacoma

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