Slayed by Python: Onlinedegree.com

[Merlin]

There are tons of MOOC courses on Python on Coursera and Edx. I would suggest doing one or two of those and then do PLA.
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python
https://www.edx.org/course/computing-in-...gramming-2

You might only need to do the first course in each specialization. The trick is to make sure that everything covered in the MOOC course covers each of the learning objectives in the syllabus.

Maybe that would be an interesting project. To document what combination of MOOC courses would cover learning objectives for different courses. Might make for a good blueprint for PLA using MOOCs.

I wouldn't suggest the PLA option... that is a lot of work for a lower-level into to programming course. Now if you were doing PLA for a number of courses already then slipping this in would be fine, but its expensive and time consuming just for a single course that you can take online or at a local CC for cheap.

There are a number of free online Python courses that could be taken and completed in a weekend (or in a week or two at least), and then you can come back to take the OD course with more foreknowledge and hands-on experience.