2023-2024 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 24, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

DSCI 304 - Introduction to Data Science


The course introduces foundational statistical and computational concepts and skills in data-centered computing and applications. It provides a python toolkit of data processing, analysis, and visualization methods and techniques, with hands-on opportunities for students to handle real-world social media datasets and extract information and knowledge from the data. The course covers data representations in Python, visualizing data, data gathering and processing, intro to machine learning, natural language processing, data modeling methods, and data ethics

Prerequisites: Background in Calculus required; CSCI 301  

Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall 2021