Data Science Project

Catalog description

Data Science is a growing field that combines scientific techniques, processes, algorithms and technology to extract knowledge and help drive decisions. This course provides an understanding of how Data Science supports business objectives and decision makers. The primary focus is to understand the Data Science Process and its principles, understand how to convey information and work with technologies to help provide your audience with an understanding of your results. This course will cover what it means to be a Data Scientist. We will start with an overview of Data Science. Next, we will talk about designing and understanding experiments in data. We will delve into the art of Data Science with such concepts as data collection, handling, analyzing, visualizing, interpreting results and making decisions. Finally, the class will work on a semester-long team based project based on data science. This class will focus on how to work with data. It is backed by technology and there is an expectation to work with technology, but the primary focus is on organizing data projects, defining objectives and conveying results including factors such as bias, privacy and ethics. Prereq CQS 311.