Course

Published 4.4.2025

(Updated 5.4.2025)

Helsingin yliopisto

Working with Text in Python

From

31.7.2024

5 cr

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Online

Advanced studies

This beginner-friendly course will teach you to process text using the Python programming language in a hands-on manner. You will learn to prepare texts for processing, to process large volumes of text efficiently, and to annotate texts for their linguistic features using language technology. You will also learn about evaluating the performance of language technology and managing textual data

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Participation in teaching

Online teaching

Participation in teaching

Online teaching

Additional information and registration

Price and registration period

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Fields

Humanities

Scope

5 cr

1 component

Code

ENG-Opt333

What you need to know before the course

What you will learn

Learning material

Additional information

Target group

Optional

Timing

First or second year of the master’s programme. The course will not be offered every year.

Completion methods

Completion methods vary from year to year and are announced in each year’s teaching programme.

Recommended optional studies

ENG-Ling351 Introduction to Programming for Linguistics

Activities and teaching methods in support of learning

Specified in the teaching programme and/or in the first teaching session.

Assessment practices and criteria

Students will be assessed according to how well they achieve the learning outcomes. The criteria will be specified in the teaching programme and/or at the first teaching session.

Grading scale: 0-5.

Responsible person

Tuomo Hiippala

Organiser

Helsingin yliopisto

Contact details

avoin-student@helsinki.fi

Belongs to themes:

New technologies