◾ Receive an overview of what you’ll be learning and doing in the course
◾ Understand why you should learn programming with Python

◾ Represent data using Python’s data types: integers, floats, booleans, strings, lists, tuples, sets, dictionaries, compound data structures
◾ Perform computations and create logical statements using Python’s operators: Arithmetic, Assignment, Comparison, Logical, Membership, Identity
◾ Practice whitespace and style guidelines

◾ Write conditional expressions using if statements and boolean expressions to add decision making to your Python programs
◾ Use for and while loops along with useful built-in functions to iterate over and manipulate lists, sets, and dictionaries
◾ Condense for loops to create lists efficiently with list comprehensions

◾ Define your own custom functions
◾ Create and reference variables using the appropriate scope
◾ Use iterators and generators to create streams of data

◾ Install Python 3 and set up your programming environment
◾ Experiment in the terminal using a Python Interprete