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Master Math by Coding in Python (Udemy.com)

Embark on a Python journey to learn a multitude of math essentials including linear algebra, calculus, trig, and more

Created by: Codestars

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • Most important: Confidence in learning math!
  • Arithmetic
  • Algebra (1, 2)
  • Graphing
  • Trigonometry
  • Calculus
  • Linear algebra
  • Python programming
  • Python libraries including sympy, numpy, matplotlib, scipy
  • Formatting beautiful equations in LaTeX
  • Data visualization
  • Integrating Python, Markdown, and LaTeX

How it compares

Against the other 388 rated Udemy courses in Python on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 70% of them
  • Reviews3,033#103 of 389 by number of reviews
  • Length37.3 hourslonger than 93% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

You need to learn mathematics

Math is at the heart of all advances in modern computing, including data science, AI (artificial intelligence), deep learning, generative AI, machine learning, statistics, video games, and on and on...

If you want to study or work in these fields, or if you're just curious to learn more about these technical topics, you need to have a grasp of mathematics.


You can learn a lot of math with a bit of coding!

Many people don't know that Python is a really powerful tool for learning math. Sure, you can use Python as a simple calculator, but did you know that Python can help you learn more advanced topics in algebra, calculus, and matrix analysis? That's exactly what you'll learn in this course. Python isn't just a coding language; it's a gateway to mastering math.

This course is a perfect supplement to your school/university math course, or for your post-school return to mathematics.


Let me guess what you are thinking:

  • "But I don’t know Python!"  That’s okay! This course is aimed at complete beginners; I take you through every step of the code. You don't need to know anything about Python, although it's useful if you already have some programming experience.

  • "But I’m not good at math!"  You will be amazed at how much better you can learn math by using Python as a tool to help with your courses or your independent study. And that's exactly the point of this course: Python programming as a tool to learn mathematics. This course is designed to be the perfect addition to any other math course or textbook that you are going through. It's also a great way to get started on your adventures into data science, deep learning, and AI.


What do you get in this course?

  • Over 37 hours of instruction that includes Python coding, visualization, loops, variables, and functions.

  • Important Python libraries for data science and mathematics, including numpy, sympy, scipy, and matplotlib.

  • LOTS of practical exercises! Each video has at least one hands-on coding/math exercise (and you'll get to watch me solve those exercises). And each section ends with "bug hunts" where you get to find and fix my math-coding errors!

  • That warm, fuzzy feeling of confidence that you can combine the skills from this course to improve your understanding of mathematics.

  • A big-picture overview of beginner and advanced mathematics, from solving for "x" to computing integrals to finding eigenvalues. If you are only just beginning your adventures in maths, then this course will show you what you have to look forward to!


This course is right for you if you are:

  • In middle/high school, university, or are returning to math as an independent learner.

  • A data professional who wants to brush up on math and Python skills.

  • A complete beginner to Python.

  • A student of data science, machine learning, or AI who needs to improve their mathematics knowledge to understand algorithms.

  • Looking to transition from another field into AI-related fields like deep learning.

  • Already proficient with math "in theory" and want to learn how to translate math formulas and concepts into computer code.

  • Bored and looking for a fun intellectual challenge.


With over 33 hours of teaching, plus student exercises, challenges and an active course Q&A forum (get a response to any question within 48 hours!), this course gives you everything you need to succeed in your maths course or independent adventures in learning math.


All the code that appears in the videos is also included for download. You can code along as you watch the videos, or download the code and use it directly.

This course covers the following topics:

  • Arithmetic

  • Introduction to Sympy

  • Introduction to LaTeX (to print beautiful equations!)

  • Algebra 1

  • Graphing

  • Algebra 2

  • Graphing conic sections

  • Trigonometry

  • Calculus

  • Linear algebra

  • ...and  more!


Who is your teacher?

I am Mike X Cohen, a former neuroscience professor (I left that job to focus full-time on teaching online). I'm a bestselling and highly rated instructor on Udemy. I've taught over 250,000 students the foundations of scientific programming, data analysis, data science, and applied mathematics, and I've written several textbooks on programming and data analyses.

I worked really hard to make this course a great learning experience for you. Check out what some of my students have said about my other courses:

** ‘Best teacher ever. I am a psychologist and I didn’t have mathematical training as an undergrad, but the books and lectures of Dr. Cohen have been life saving’

** ‘What I REALLY like about Mike's style is that not only clear and direct, but he mixes in appropriate amounts of foreshadowing … to make it easier for me to connect the dots.’

** ‘Mike X Cohen's courses are by far the best ones I've done in Udemy.’


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This course is eligible for the Codestars Certificate Authority (CCA) certificate. Students can take the official exam via codestarscom, and those who pass the quiz will receive their CCA certificate. (more details in the course!)

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Instructor Details

Codestars

Codestars is a community of instructors behind 100+ courses and over 3 million students worldwide. We were one of the first coding communities to build here, and we've kept building — across web development, mobile, cyber security,  and now AI-powered  development and automation.

We want to revolutionize the way people learn to code by making it simple, logical, fun and, above all, accessible. Our courses are built to teach real, applicable skills, taught by instructors who know the subject and know how to teach it.

Together, the instructors that make up the Codestars team create courses on all the topics that students want to learn in the way that students want to learn them: courses that are well-structured, super interactive, and easy to understand.

Whatever you're here to learn — from the fundamentals of programming to the latest in AI-powered development — you're learning from a channel that has already done this at scale, with millions of students, and a track record to show for it.

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Reviews

4.6

3,033 ratings on Udemy

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By James Wilby on 10/31/2025

This is an incredible course. It balances learning math with learning python at the same time in a very clever and helpful way. It feels like the next-gen way to learn math, without old school calculations, but with the power of python as your advanced and capable calculator. I'm grateful for this course, and looking forward to taking Mike's other more advanced math and statistics courses from the python perspective, this is exactly what I needed and what I was looking for.

By Anonymized User on 7/29/2025

Good math repetition, but maybe too much focus on python and how to plot things with matplotlib instead of math topics. More sympy examples as a complement to numpy would have been good. Another minus is the use of nonstandard python style. See PEP 8 for how to place spaces in python.

By Quee Kao 1 on 6/15/2025

I know this video was made for Python beginners, but I think some of the content is too basic for someone who already knows Python. I want to enhance my math knowledge and make it more practical for real-world use, not just for implementing simple graph stuff.

By Darren Kirby on 9/2/2024

So, I came at this course as a fairly experienced programmer, but with no formal training in mathematics beyond high school. My hope was that in working through this course, my knowledge of python would help me better understand high-level concepts in math, something that I have always had difficulty with. While I am still unable to work through any calculus or linear algebra problems with pen and paper, Mike's course did help solidify some of those high-level concepts through the translation of them into python code, which was a huge breakthrough for me. My biggest problem with traditional math courses is that they teach you all this theory and methods to solve problems, but never really dig into the real-world problems that you may want to solve, and I know I am not alone in this complaint. This course served as a terrific bridge between the theoretical and practical application of mathematics. It was also one heck of a fun course to work through. Mike is an amazing teacher, he is entertaining and funny, and he obviously has a great deal of knowledge and passion for the subject. Highly recommended if you want to learn more math, or how to represent the math you already know in Python.

By Chad Blair on 6/8/2022

I'm on a multi-year journey to fill in many, many gaps in my understanding of all things mathematical. I found this course to be an excellent companion in those travels. It was perfectly paced -- each lesson could be (in general) completed within a half hour. Each lesson was relatively self-contained -- Mike always used "fresh" python notebooks for each lesson so there was very little setup or dependence on prior lessons or code. And Mike is a great teacher -- he's got a great way of explaining things and I look forward to taking additional courses. Thanks Mike for a great course!

By Paul Byrnes on 6/5/2021

This is a great course for maths and using python. The course has has more breadth than depth - as it is aiming to introduce topics rather than explore them in great detail. Building skills in python with Mike's way of teaching has helped my better plan and implement using Python to solve problems. The bug hunts in the course provide a good way to test your skills and understanding and assist in showing some of the common pitfalls you come across.

By Alexander Carr on 4/11/2021

This is an excellent course and Mike is a good teacher. For the course content alone, I would give 4 and a half stars, but Mike's upbeat attitude towards the material and willingness to respond to comments in a helpful manner pushed this up to a five-star experience as far as I am concerned. This course has a lot to offer anyone who wants to learn how to approach mathematical problems in Python. In particular, it will familiarise you with essential Python modules for mathematics like numpy and matplotlib. I wish I'd learned these skills when I was younger; they would have guaranteed me perfect scores in all my maths tests. Definitely recommended to anyone who wants to improve their mathematical abilities using programming. The course will also benefit your programming skills to some degree because you will get hands-on experience programming as you go along. That said, I think if you only want to learn Python and have no interest in mathematics, this is not for you. If you already know the absolute basics of programming in Python and want to get into mathematical programming, this is a great place to start. The 37 hours were not wasted and I'm definitely ready to jump into more challenging mathematical programming tasks that would have terrified me before I started. The course will help you build confidence combining mathematics with programming. Thanks for the course!

By Alexander Jos Piero Domador on 12/27/2020

Muy completo. Es un hermoso curso

By Chanyoung Kang on 12/20/2020

Well presented, very patient for even the slowest users as well

By Mauricio Garces on 12/20/2020

Is the second lecture, I dont know to much obut the course

By Sean Garnsey on 12/20/2020

I am conducting a PhD in engineering and I've been needing to both learn Python and brush up on my mathematics skills. You really can't come up with a better teacher than Mike-- he's both incredibly knowledgeable and easy to follow.

By Jack sweatmore on 12/13/2020

i'm interested in doing more tomorrow, and i'm happy about this.

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Overall Score : 92 / 100