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Data and Programming Foundations for AI

Codecademy · Codecademy · Updated March 2026

Platform rating

4.6/5

Champ rating

8.6/10

Duration

39 hours

Classes

35

Skill path covering Python, data literacy, statistics, and exploratory analysis foundations for future ML/AI engineers.

What you'll get

Build Python coding fundamentals for AI work

Perform exploratory data analysis

Use core statistics for ML reasoning

Complete hands-on AI foundation projects

Course Curriculum

7 chapters

Fit

Best for

Developers

AI Engineers

Data Scientists

Technical Builders

Not ideal for

Experts seeking deep specialization

Prerequisites & pricing

Prerequisites

None

Pricing

Subscription (Plus/Pro)

Certification

Certificate

Python

Data Literacy

Statistics

ML Foundations

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