Introduction to Data Science. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: CS 114 and ( MATH 333 or MATH 341 ) with a grade C or better. This course is designed for CS BS students to equip them with introductory principles as well as hands-on skills that are required to solve data science problems. The first part of the course focuses on learning models, formalism, and algorithmic techniques that are popular in data science and heavily used in practice. In the second part of the course, students are introduced to data science tools (e.g., Excel, Python).