DATA SCIENCE.

Catalog description

This inspirational course follows a data-science-for-all perspective that views data acumen as part of literacy. It aims to instill in students the data acumen, i.e., the basic skills to wrestle with data, to draw insights from data, to make sound decisions responsibly using data, and to effectively communicate about data-driven findings and decisions. Topics include 1) data management: data curation, preparation, model, and querying; 2) data description and visualization: exploratory data analysis; graphics; 3) machine learning and knowledge discovery: supervised learning, unsupervised learning, pattern and knowledge extraction, model evaluation and interpretation. Prerequisite: DASC Major, DASC 5300 (or concurrent enrollment) and DASC 5302 (or concurrent enrollment).