MWF Schedule

DSC 140: Fundamentals of Data Science

August

Week 1

  • Monday (August 26)
    • Introduction to Data Science
  • Wednesday (August 28)
    • Overview of Tools
    • Introduction to Excel
  • Friday (August 30)
    • Introduction to Excel

September

Week 2

  • Monday (September 2)
    • No Class, Labor Day
  • Wednesday (September 4)
    • Statistics in Excel
    • Theme and 3 Quotes Due at 11:59 pm
  • Friday (September 6)
    • Excel Cleaning and Pivot Tables

Week 3

  • Monday (September 9)
    • Excel Projects
  • Wednesday (September 11)
    • Excel Projects
    • Introduction to Python
  • Friday (September 13)
    • Introduction to Python

Week 4

  • Monday (September 16)
    • Introduction to Python
    • Introduction and Excel Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (September 18)
    • Reading Data in Python
  • Friday (September 20)
    • Loops in Python

Week 5

  • Monday (September 23)
    • Statistics in Python
  • Wednesday (September 25)
    • Statistics in Python
    • Python Projects
  • Friday (September 27)
    • Python Projects

October

Week 6

  • Monday (September 30)
    • Data Cleaning in Python
    • Python Homework 1 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (October 2)
    • Data Cleaning in Python
  • Friday (October 4)
    • Data Cleaning in Python

Week 7

  • Monday (October 7)
    • Python Projects
    • Ethics Report Due at 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (October 9)
    • Python Projects
  • Friday (October 11)
    • Python Projects

Week 8

  • Monday (October 14)
    • Midterm Review
  • Wednesday (October 16)
    • MIDTERM
  • Friday (October 18)
    • No Class, Fall Break

Week 9

  • Monday (October 21)
    • Machine Learning in Python
    • Python Homework 2 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (October 23)
    • Machine Learning in Python
  • Friday (October 25)
    • Machine Learning in Python

Week 10

  • Monday (October 28)
    • Machine Learning in Python
  • Wednesday (October 30)
    • Introduction to R
    • Python Homework 3 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Friday (November 1)
    • Introduction to R
    • Project Report 1 Due at 11:59 pm

November

Week 11

  • Monday (November 4)
    • Introduction to R
    • Machine Learning in R
  • Wednesday (November 6)
    • Machine Learning in R
  • Friday (November 8)
    • R Projects

Week 12

  • Monday (November 11)
    • R Projects
  • Wednesday (November 13)
    • Introduction to MySQL
    • MySQL and Python
    • R Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Friday (November 15)
    • MySQL and Python

Week 13

  • Monday (November 18)
    • MySQL Projects
  • Wednesday (November 20)
    • MySQL Projects
  • Friday (November 22)
    • MySQL Projects

Week 14

  • Monday (November 25)
    • Additional Topics: Gathering Data from the Internet
    • MySQL Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (November 26)
    • Project Report 2 due by 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (November 27)
    • No Class, Thanksgiving Break
  • Friday (November 27)
    • No Class, Thanksgiving Break

December

Week 15

  • Sunday (December 1)
    • Completed rough draft of final report due by 11:59 pm
  • Monday (December 2)
    • Final Report Editing
    • Lightning presentation slide due by 11:59 pm
  • Wednesday (December 4)
    • Lightening Presentations
  • Friday (December 6)
    • Lightening Presentations
    • Long Presentation and Final Report due by 11:59 pm

Finals Week

  • Monday (December 9)
    • Final Exam 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm