This is a laboratory course, lasting 14 lectures.

The language used is (English and) Python. All software and material is open and free to use. 

The intended audience is formed by students in economics, with little to no knowledge of programming. The aim of the course is providing the students with some basic tools of programming and make them able to look for solutions and search for the appropriate tools, according to their needs. 

Most of the time in class will be dedicated to notions and exercises on programming. Individual and group work will be dedicated to apply these notions to economic problems. Broadly speaking, topics include: an introduction to what programming is and some basics of coding; some classical examples and problems in economics and how to use programming to tackle and solve them.