Saturdays in the D

Saturdays in the D returns for the first fall cohort of learning and enrichment for residents of Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park! In partnership with the University of Michigan, this free program is designed to help adult residents unlock new skills, expand career potential, and engage in transformative learning experiences. 

Whether you're looking to enhance your current skill set or start a new career, this cohort provides hands-on learning and support tailored to adult learners. Take the next step in your professional journey and join us this fall to master Python and transform your future!

We would also like to thank our sponsors at Ally Financial for allowing us to offer this program free of charge!
 

Adult Professional Development Opportunities
The Saturdays in the D adult learning program is focused on job skills around leadership, business, programming and emerging technology. The Fall 2024 cohort will be focused on Python programming skills. 

Certificate Courses
These seven-week courses feature a mix of online and in-person elements.  In-person sessions will be hosted at The District Detroit Opportunity Center located on Woodward.  Online elements are provided by Michigan Online and Coursera. Learners will have access to wrap-around services such as career counseling, peer mentorship, and free technology loan for those who need to borrow a computer. Successful completion of these courses will earn you a non-credit certificate from the City of Detroit and the University of Michigan. All programs are free but learners must commit to attending the in-person sessions to be eligible for the certificate. 

Certificate courses run from October 19  – December 14, 2024.

Python I: Getting Started with Python
1 – 3 p.m.
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Instructor: Dr. Chuck Severance, Clinical Professor, School of Information
Course Facilitator: Tamara Qawasmeh

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python. The course has no pre-requisites and avoids all but the simplest mathematics. Anyone with moderate computer experience should be able to master the materials in this course. This course will cover Chapters 1-5 of the textbook Python for Everybody. Once a student completes this course, he or she will be ready to take more advanced programming courses. This course covers Python 3.

Take this course if you are: new to programming and/or new to the Python programming language.

Python II: Python Data Structures
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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Instructor: Dr. Chuck Severance, Clinical Professor, School of Information
Course Facilitator: Tamara Qawasmeh

This course will introduce the core data structures of the Python programming language. We will move past the basics of procedural programming and explore how we can use the Python built-in data structures such as lists, dictionaries, and tuples to perform increasingly complex data analysis. This course will cover Chapters 6-10 of the textbook “Python for Everybody”. This course covers Python 3.

Take this course if you are: experienced in programming, have used Python before, or have taken the Programming for Everybody course as Saturdays in the D prior to this fall.