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Free courses in programming (Python and R)

One of our Geosciences colleagues, Tarek AlSkaif, found these great and free to attend courses which might be of interest to you! Please check them out. Also, if you have some great suggestions for courses yourself, please let us know at: utrechtgeograduates@gmail.com

Courses

  • For Python: the course “Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)” is available by the University of Michigan at Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/learn/python). The course starts from the very basics and is suitable for those who wants to start programming from scratch.
  • For R:  “Introduction to R for Data Science” by Purdue University at FutureLearn (https://goo.gl/7E7Zfd). The description reads that it is for beginners from any discipline.