Program Introduction 

The world runs on code. Understanding how coding works is now an almost indispensable skill for any manager in a modern enterprise. In this program, you’ll acquire hands-on Python coding skills and get insights into its practical business applications.

HOW WILL you ADVANCE?

Understand how code works.

Get coding.

Discover the business applications.

Speak the language of your teams. 

Session titles include:

• Understanding Your Development Environment

• Running Your First Piece of Python Code

• Going Deeper with Strings

• Introduction to Pandas

• Connecting Python to Excel

• Automation with Python

• Scraping

• Using APIs

Program structure

The program is divided into two sections:

• part one is focused on fundamentals, and part two is business applications.
• Part two is based on case studies involving simulated data to demonstrate how to organize, aggregate, and analyze large amounts of data using Python in a real-world context. 

Program Faculty

Daniel Guetta

Faculty Director Associate Professor of Professional Practice Decision

Risk, and Operations Director of the Center for Pricing and Revenue Management and Business Analytics Initiative

As a professor of business analytics and director of the Center for Pricing Revenue Management and Business Analytics Initiative, Daniel Guetta straddles both the Columbia Business School and Columbia Engineering. He has worked with dozens of companies in a broad range of industries to help them drive value using data, analytics, and technology. Prior to joining Columbia, he served as a data scientist and engagement manager at Palantir Technologies.