12-780 Special Topics: Advanced Python for Infrastructure Systems

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course uses the Python and Javascript programming language to introduce advanced programming approaches to students from civil and environmental engineering. Students are required to already know a modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, C++, etc.), or have taken the 12-746 course. This course will cover graphical user interface design in HTML5, web-based application design using Python and Javascript, information visualization and data analytics using 3rd party libraries in Python. Students will work on a programming project from the beginning of this course and continue building it in class using the introduced programming approaches. Real-world examples from infrastructure management will be used for in-class demonstration and term project.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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