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Introduction to Python for Data Science and Data Engineering

This course is intended for complete beginners to Python to provide the basics of programmatically interacting with data. The course begins with a basic introduction to programming expressions, variables, and data types. It then progresses into conditional and control statements, functions, collection types, loops, error handling, and classes. You will learn to extend Python with external libraries and gain experience using the pandas library for data analysis and visualization, including scaling pandas workflows with Apache Spark. Lastly, you will explore the fundamentals of cloud computing. Throughout the course, you will gain hands-on practice through lab exercises, with additional resources to deepen your knowledge of programming after the class.


Last course update

Aug 2026

Skill Level
Introductory
Duration
5h
Prerequisites

The content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities:  

• Basic computer literacy and familiarity with operating systems (file management, web browsers, software installation)

• Elementary understanding of mathematical concepts (arithmetic operations, basic algebra, statistics fundamentals)

• Beginner familiarity with data concepts (datasets, tables, rows, columns, data types)

• Familiarity with web browsers and online learning platforms for accessing the Databricks workspace

• Basic problem-solving skills and logical thinking for programming concepts

• No prior Python experience required; general familiarity with programming concepts in another language is helpful

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Catalog Management and Data Organization

In this course, you will learn how to design, implement, and govern catalog structures and large-scale data organization on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. It offers a comprehensive view of Unity Catalog as the centralized governance layer for an enterprise lakehouse. Divided into five modules, it begins by placing Unity Catalog within the cloud deployment model — covering the Account Console, metastore creation, and the administrator role hierarchy. You will then translate organizational topology (business units, regions, and dev/QA/prod environments) into a scalable catalog and schema design using naming conventions, ownership patterns, and MANAGE delegation. The course then covers secure storage integration with storage credentials, external locations, the managed-storage hierarchy, managed versus external tables, and UC Volumes for non-tabular data. Next, you will apply access patterns and isolation strategies — the three-level GRANT chain, workspace-catalog binding, and schema-level Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) policies — to enforce fine-grained data protection at scale. Finally, the course closes with best practices for catalog design, automation, least-privilege permissions, and group-based access management.

Note: For SCORM lecture files, please ensure that you close the SCORM window after completing the content. Do not click the ‘Next Lesson’ button, as doing so may prevent the SCORM module from being marked as complete.

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