CIS 9 - Introduction to Data Science
Course Description
This class introduces basic concepts of data science with hands-on projects in :
- Data gathering
- Data wrangling
- Data assessment and visualization
- Supervised and unsupervised machine learning
- Natural language processing
Prerequisites
- CIS 41A or an equivalent intermediate Python course
Attendance
This is an online, synchronous course:
- 2 hours of lecture discussions per week, exams, and office hours on Zoom
- Lecture notes, forum discussions, quizzes, assignments are online and done on your own time.
Evaluation
Letter grades are assigned based on:
- 5 quizzes
- 5 lab assignments
- 2 midterm exams
- 1 comprehensive final exam or final project