{"id":4,"date":"2025-06-04T19:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs003\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:19:57","slug":"cs-001","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs152\/","title":{"rendered":"CS-152 Python for STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CS152 Python For STEM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CS 152 Python for STEM<\/strong> is intended as the first programming course for students with no prior programming experience to learn the basics of programming using the Python 3 language. This 2-credit course is ideal for students seeking an introduction to Computer Science as a possible major or minor, and students in other majors that wish to learn some basic programming skills for use in their field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All course content is online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exams may require the use of the Respondus Lockdown browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We use zyBooks for reading activities, labs, and assignments. zyBooks supports a flipped classroom approach where you complete reading and activities prior to the lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We use Canvas for exams and posting grades from zyBooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs152\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.cs.colostate.edu\/cs152\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/08\/image.png 601w, 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