Ready to join a community where passion meets purpose?
Applications are now open for the Class of 2031. We offer multiple application options, and our admissions counselors are here to answer your questions.

Start Your Application
Skip to content
Allegheny College Wordmark Logo
Asset 1
Home > Academics > Majors and Minors > Software Development with Python

Software Development with Python

Microcredential

Software Development with Python introduces the knowledge and skills that students need to engineer, release, and maintain software implemented in the Python programming language. Students who complete this microcredential will have the demonstrated ability to make high-quality contributions to both the source code and technical documentation in software projects stored in GitHub repositories.

Competencies gained:

  • Use the object-oriented programming paradigm in Python
  • Perform automated software testing with Pytest
  • Setup continuous integration and delivery with GitHub Actions
  • Create technical documentation using MkDocs
  • Use Poetry to release and maintain software on PyPI

Take the following courses (8 credits):

  • CMPSC 100 – Computational Expression
  • CMPSC 101 – Data Abstraction

And take one of the following courses (4 credits):

  • CMPSC 201 – Programming Languages
  • CMPSC 203 – Software Engineering

Allegheny on CredlySign Up (for Allegheny students)

Program Contact

Address:
520 North Main Street
Meadville, PA 16335

Contact:
814-332-4351
info@allegheny.edu
admissions@allegheny.edu

Asset 1
© 2024 Allegheny College