Analytical and Computational Foundations for Data Analytics II

Catalog description

Analytical and Computational Foundations for Data Analytics II continues the course sequence that provides the analytical and computational foundations for the study of more advanced topics in analytics, visualization and data mining. This sequence will discuss what data are, how they are sourced, and how they are managed. Additionally, the mathematical, statistical and programming foundations of data analytics and visualization will be introduced. Principles are taught and applied using programming languages common to data analytics like SQL, Python, and R. Spreadsheets will also be used extensively for analysis. Students will be introduced to trending topics in the data analytics space as well as the ethical considerations that data practitioners will encounter.