Age 13-17 Course Pathway

Completed L401 (Basic) or have prior Python programming experience.

Take your Python skills to the next level with this intermediate course, tailored for teens who already know the basics and want to build real-world programs. You’ll dive into Python’s powerful data structures, master writing clean, reusable functions, and explore object-oriented design patterns to structure larger projects. Through hands-on exercises and mini-projects, you’ll strengthen your problem-solving toolkit and get ready for advanced topics in software development, data science, or automation.

• Advanced Data Structures: Work with lists, dictionaries, tuples, and sets.

• Modular Functions: Define and invoke functions that accept parameters, return values, and leverage lambda expressions for concise operations.

• Object-Oriented Programming: Create and use classes and objects; implement methods, constructors, and inheritance to model real-world entities.

• Code Organization & Reusability: Apply best practices—write DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) code, split logic into modules, and document your work for maintainability.

• Hands-On Mini-Projects: Cement your learning by building small applications (e.g. a contact manager, simple game, or data analyzer) that combine these concepts end-to-end.