Python for Beginners Level 3

• Introduction
• Introduction to Python
• Understanding variables
• Python strings
• Performing arithmetic
• Logical operations
• Working with numbers
• Working with strings

• Introduction
• Branching statements
• The WHILE loop
• Guess the number game
• The FOR loop
• The anagram game

• Introduction
• Introducing lists
• List methods
• Nested sequences
• Introducing dictionaries
• The hangman game

• Introduction
• Creating functions
• Parameters and arguments
• Variables in functions
• The noughts and crosses game (1)
• The noughts and crosses game (2)

• Introduction
• Accessing text files
• Storing complex data in files
• Handling exceptions
• The sports quiz

• Introduction
• Classes, methods, and objects
• Constructors and attributes
• Class attributes and static methods
• Private attributes, methods and properties
• The hungry caterpillar game

• Introduction
• Creating multiple classes
• Inheritance
• Changing inherited methods
• Creating modules
• The blackjack game (1)
• The blackjack game (2)

• Introduction
• Event-driven programming (1)
• Event-driven programming (2)
• Check boxes plus
• The grid layout manager
• The contact form

• Introduction
• Graphics window basics
• Displaying objects
• Moving sprites
• Collision detection
• The catch the butterfly game

• Introduction
• Keyboard commands
• Animation, sound, and music
• The meteor mayhem game (Part 1)
• The meteor mayhem game (Part 2)
• The meteor mayhem game (Part 3)
• The meteor mayhem game (Part 4)

You will be assessed throughout this course via practical programming assignments and coursework.

You may start at any time and have a full year from enrolment to complete your studies. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines. This course has approximately 140 hours self-study time.

You will study this course through distance learning, which means you can learn at a time and place to suit you.

Approximately 140 hours.

On successful completion of this course students will receive a Python for beginners Diploma with comprehensive feedback and providing the assignments have been completed to the required standards students will also receive a Level 3 Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate with 8 Open Awards Credits.

This course has been benchmarked at Level 3 against Ofqual’s Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) to allow you to understand the depth of study, difficulty, and level of achievement involved.
The certification will be issued through Open Awards in association with DLC. Open Awards are an Awarding Body Organisation approved by Ofqual.