Introduction to Python and SQL
SURV 673

Online
Summer 2025

This course introduces students to the basics of Python and SQL for data analysis.
Students will explore real publicly-available datasets, using the data analysis tools in
Python to create summaries and generate visualizations. Students will learn the basics of
database management and organization, as well as learn how to code in SQL and work
with SQL databases. By the end of the class, students should understand how to read in
data from CSV files or from the internet and be comfortable using either SQL or Python to
aggregate, summarize, describe, and visualize these datasets.