Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Expressions
Unit 3: Data Types
Unit 4: Conditional Logic
Unit 5: Loops
Unit 6: Functions
Unit 7: Strings
Unit 8: Defining Classes
Unit 9: Loading and Plotting Data
Unit 10: Tabular Data
Unit 11: Nested Structures
Unit 12: Simulation
Unit 13: Recursion
Unit 14: Bonus Topics
Unit 15: Inheritance and Polymorphism

Unit 15: Inheritance and Polymorphism

Students who complete this unit will demonstrate that they can:

Define the terms inheritance and polymorphism and explain their use in object-oriented programming.
Use subclassing to design simple class hierarchies that allow code to be reused for distinct subclasses.

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