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COMPTNG 16A · PIC 16APython with Applications I

Program in Computing · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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In-depth introduction to Python programming language for students who have already taken beginning programming course in strongly typed, compiled language (C++, C, or Fortran). Core Python language constructs, applications, text processing, data visualization, interaction with spreadsheets and SQL databases, and creation of graphical user interfaces.

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Requisites

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Requisites: course 10A, Computer Science 31, or equivalent, with grades of C– or better.

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grade C- or better in
  • one of
    • all of
      • COMPTNG 10A
      • COM SCI 31
    • equivalent
  • · could not read "equivalent" (no course number found)
  • · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 10A, Computer Science 31, or equivalent" — grouping is a best reading

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

COMPTNG 16A

  • COMPTNG 10AIntroduction to Programming
  • COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I

2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

COMPTNG 16A

  • COMPTNG 16BPython with Applications II
    • BIOENGR 223ABiomedical Data Sciences Research Laboratory Ianother path to it
  • BIOENGR 223ABiomedical Data Sciences Research Laboratory I
    • BIOENGR 223BBiomedical Data Sciences Research Laboratory II
      • BIOENGR 223CProgramming Laboratory for Medical and Imaging Informatics III
  • MATH 156Machine Learning
    • MATH M148Experience of Data Science
    • STATS 147Data Technologies for Data Scientists
    • STATS M148Experience of Data Science
    • STATS C163Generative Data Science
    • STATS 184Societal Impacts of Data
  • STATS C160Causal Inference for Health Data

4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 12 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.