Credit Risk Modeling in Python (Udemy.com)
A complete data science case study: preprocessing, modeling, model validation and maintenance in Python
Created by: 365 Careers
Last updated January 2026
Our take
Based on the ratings of 8,115 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in January 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is a case study in how banks estimate loan losses. It builds a probability of default model, then loss given default and exposure at default, and ends by combining them into expected loss. The data is a real-world dataset, and the syllabus covers weight of evidence, coarse classing, validation and monitoring. It runs 6.9 hours over 75 lectures with 46 quizzes. It is pitched at beginners, but reviewers say it suits people who can already read some Python much better.
About nine in ten of the 8,115 ratings are four or five stars. Reviewers praise the conceptual clarity and one calls it close to industry standards. 365 Careers gets credit for clear theory, though one student found the tone monotonous. The complaints repeat. Older code throws errors in current Jupyter and library versions, the Q&A is reported inactive, and processed datasets aren't shared, so a stumble in preprocessing is costly. Several say the pace is too fast, and one says it picks up in the later PD sections. A couple of reviewers call it light, citing manual preprocessing and a jump straight to logistic regression.
Value is solid if you want the whole credit risk workflow in under seven hours. Expect to patch some code yourself. Reviewers point out that statsmodels now handles beta regression and logistic regression with p-values more simply than the course does. The last update was January 2026, yet recent reviewers still hit old code. It is a good first pass for newcomers to credit scoring, but not the deeper course experienced practitioners are after.
Pros
- Builds PD, LGD and EAD models, then expected loss, on a real-world dataset
- Reviewers praise the conceptual clarity of the theory lectures
- Covers validation and monitoring, including Gini, KS and population stability
- Hands-on notebooks and 46 quizzes; one reviewer calls it close to industry standards
Cons
- Older code throws errors in current Jupyter and libraries, so learners patch it themselves
- Q&A is reported inactive, and processed datasets are not shared if you get stuck
- Pace is fast for many reviewers, and Python basics are not taught
The course is easy to follow and covers the details of PD, LGD, and EAD enough depth for a beginner level.
Billed for all levels with no prior experience required, but several reviewers say beginners struggle with the Python and the pace.
What you will learn
- Improve your Python modeling skills
- Differentiate your data science portfolio with a hot topic
- Fill up your resume with in demand data science skills
- Build a complete credit risk model in Python
- Impress interviewers by showing practical knowledge
- How to preprocess real data in Python
- Learn credit risk modeling theory
- Apply state of the art data science techniques
- Solve a real-life data science task
- Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of your model
- Perform linear and logistic regressions in Python
Course content
13 sections · 75 lectures · 6.9 hours of video 46 quizzes, 13 articles
- 1Introduction 3 free previews6 lectures · 5 quizzes · 38 min
- 2Setting up the working environment6 lectures · 18 min
- 3Dataset description 1 free preview2 lectures · 2 quizzes · 10 min
- 4General preprocessing6 lectures · 4 quizzes · 29 min
- 5PD Model: Data Preparation 2 free previews19 lectures · 13 quizzes · 1.9 hours
- 6PD model estimation 1 free preview5 lectures · 3 quizzes · 34 min
- 7PD model validation3 lectures · 3 quizzes · 28 min
- 8Applying the PD Model for decision making 1 free preview7 lectures · 4 quizzes · 36 min
- 9PD model monitoring4 lectures · 2 quizzes · 28 min
- 10LGD and EAD Models: Preparing the data3 lectures · 3 quizzes · 17 min
- 11LGD model8 lectures · 4 quizzes · 29 min
- 12EAD model3 lectures · 2 quizzes · 11 min
- 13Calculating expected loss3 lectures · 1 quiz · 18 min
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- You should take this course if you are a data science student interested in improving their skills
- You should take this course if you want to specialize in credit risk modeling
- The course is also ideal for beginners, as it starts from the fundamentals and gradually builds up your skills
- This course is for you if you want a great career
What you need before you start
- No prior experience is required. We will start from the very basics
- You’ll need to install Anaconda and Python. We will show you how to do that step by step
Course Description
Hi! Welcome to Credit Risk Modeling in Python. This is the only online course that teaches you how banks use data science modeling in Python to improve their performance and comply with regulatory requirements. This is the perfect course for you, if you are interested in a data science career. Here’s why:
· The instructor is a proven expert, holding a PhD from the Norwegian Business school and having taught in world renowned universities such as HEC, the University of Texas, and the Norwegian Business school).
· The course is suitable for beginners. We start with theory and initial data pre-processing and gradually solve a complete exercise in front of you
· Everything we cover is up-to-date and relevant in today’s development of Python models for the banking industry
· This is the only online course that provides a complete picture of credit risk in Python (using state of the art techniques to model all three aspects of the expected loss equation - PD, LGD, and EAD) including creating a scorecard from scratch
· Here we show you how to create models that are compliant with Basel II and Basel III regulations that other courses rarely touch upon
· We are not going to work with fake data. The dataset used in this course is an actual real-world example
· You get to differentiate your data science portfolio by showing skills that are highly demanded in the job marketplace
· What is most important – you get to see first-hand how a data science task is solved in the real-world
Most data science courses cover several frameworks but skip the pre-processing and theoretical part. This is like learning how to taste wine before being able to open a bottle of wine.
We don’t do that. Our goal is to help you build a solid foundation. We want you to study the theory, learn how to pre-process data that does not necessarily come in the ‘’friendliest’’ format, and of course, only then we will show you how to build a state of the art model and how to evaluate its effectiveness.
Throughout the course, we will cover several important data science techniques.
- Weight of evidence
- Information value
- Fine classing
- Coarse classing
- Linear regression
- Logistic regression
- Area Under the Curve
- Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
- Gini Coefficient
- Kolmogorov-Smirnov
- Assessing Population Stability
- Maintaining a model
Along with the video lessons you will receive several valuable resources that will help you learn as much as possible:
· Lectures
· Notebook files
· Homework
· Quiz questions
· Slides
· Downloads
· Access to Q&A where you could reach out and contact the course tutor.
Signing up for the course today could be a great step towards your career in data science. Make sure that you take full advantage of this amazing opportunity!
See you on the inside!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
8,115 Reviews
365 Careers
365 Careers is the #1 best-selling provider of business, finance, data science and AI courses on Udemy. The company’s courses have been taken by more than 4,000,000 students in 210 countries. People working at world-class firms like Apple, PayPal, and Citibank have completed 365 Careers trainings.
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2) Data science – Statistics, Mathematics, Probability, SQL, Python programming, Python for Finance, Business Intelligence, R, Machine Learning, TensorFlow, Tableau, the integration of SQL and Tableau, the integration of SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Credit Risk Modeling, and Credit Analytics, Data literacy, Product Management, Pandas, Numpy, Python Programming, Data Strategy
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Reviews
By Saili on 2/26/2026
Overall, the course is great. However, it’s not very beginner-friendly for those learning in 2026. The Q&A section is no longer active, and some code snippets are outdated and require manual updates. Additionally, the processed datasets aren't shared; if you struggle with the data preprocessing stage, it becomes difficult to move forward. To sum up, it is a comprehensive course on credit risk. If you are looking to gain this knowledge and are willing to explore and learn independently from scratch, you should definitely join.
By Praveen Venkata Kandala on 4/9/2024
This course has extensive coverage of Credit Risk modeling, which was explained in a way where beginners can also understand. The concepts are explained in a detailed way, in such a way one can get a complete understanding of how ECL, EAD, LGD works. I loved the coding part, on how neatly they are explained and executed.
By Ashwin Bhandurge on 4/12/2023
It starts good with well explained concepts and in detail. However, from the later part of the PD the presenter goes a bit faster (or may be it seemed to me like that since there are complex concepts). Overall, it is a good course and I would suggest this course for one who is interested in learning how credit risk modelling happens on the bank's side.
By Krishnamurthy Viswanathan on 3/26/2023
Good introductory course on credit risk modelling. Although I would like to give 5 stars, I am deducting one star for not explaining the underlying concept in calculating the p-values directly in the logistic regression and linear regression scikit-learn models. The author could have at least shared the name of the method used in calculating the p-values.
By Sahil Katiyar on 3/2/2023
I've had a fantastic learning experience while working with credit risk modelling data and techniques. I haven't encountered such valuable knowledge on this subject elsewhere. I believe that this newfound expertise will significantly enhance my skills in this area and have a positive impact on my professional career within this field.
By Marshall Filart on 11/28/2021
Course is what I expected. A mix of Credit Risk fundamental concepts (i.e. Basel II) and modelling using the Basel II approach. On the programming side, it was a good review of pandas and some techniques specially on the data pre-processing side. Time invested learning this is really worth your while.
By Hassaan Anjum on 5/15/2020
It was a perfect match. It was a good combination of credit risk theory and python coding. I liked it. It was also tough, not an easy course I must say and a lot to absorb. Would recommend to anyone who wants to polish his/her python skills and/or wants to learn about credit risk analysis
By Kiran Ramakrishna on 4/16/2020
This was one of the toughest course I ever came across. Being a beginner in python, I found it very difficult to comprehend the splitting of data, calculation of p-values and lot of other things. But it was very insightful. A lot of deep delving was involved which is the reason that credit risk modelling is one of the toughest jobs in the market.
By Daniel Eskinazi on 3/31/2020
I enjoyed the course, it was very well done and presented. My main comment is that I wish the solutions to the homework was provided together with the course materials. It would have saved me some time I spent on dead-ends programming as well as comparing my work with expected results (some conclusions were not intuitive).
By Said E. on 3/20/2020
A neat introduction into Python for data science and a great course for novice risk managers who target a career in credit risk management. It teaches you - basic skills of handling data in Python - how to clean and preprocess a dataset - how to apply a logistic regression and linear regression towards a preprocessed dataset - how to calculate the basic bank figures (PD, LGD, EAD and EL). In practice, the material and code from this course might be useful if you are building a simple model for a fragmented retail credit portfolio. The instructor does a great job explaning the concepts and has put a lot of effort into the course material.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












