BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Western Kentucky University’s School of Engineering has partnered with the Department of Continuing and Professional Development to offer a coding summer camp for middle and high school students.
Python is a coding language typically used in math and algorithmic-based fields like finance. It is one of the easiest and most versatile coding languages because of its set library of code sequences.
Throughout the course, students can learn the language at their own level, guided by individualized assignments from their instructor.
The program also focuses on open-ended assignments that give students the creative freedom of a real-world coding job.
“If they were to go on to code professionally it’s more like something they would actually do. So, it gives them a first step into the world of coding and what a career in coding would actually be like,” said Logan Stewart, the instructor for this year’s …