TR Schedule

DSC 140: Fundamentals of Data Science

August

Week 1

  • Tuesday (August 27)
    • Introduction to Data Science
    • Overview of Tools and Software
  • Thursday (August 29)
    • Introduction to Excel

September

Week 2

  • Tuesday (September 3)
    • Statistics in Excel
    • Excel Cleaning and Pivot Tables
  • Wednesday (September 4)
    • Theme and Three Quotes Due at 11:59pm
  • Thursday (September 5)
    • Excel Cleaning and Pivot Tables

Week 3

  • Tuesday (September 10)
    • Excel Projects
  • Thursday (September 12)
    • Introduction to Python

Week 4

  • Monday (September 16)
    • Introduction and Excel Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (September 17)
    • Reading Data in Python
    • Loops in Python
  • Thursday (September 19)
    • Loops in Python

Week 5

  • Tuesday (September 24)
    • Statistics in Python
  • Thursday (September 26)
    • Python Projects

October

Week 6

  • Monday (September 30)
    • Python Homework 1 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (October 1)
    • Data Cleaning in Python
  • Thursday (October 3)
    • Data Cleaning in Python

Week 7

  • Monday (October 7)
    • Ethics Report Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (October 8)
    • Python Projects
  • Thursday (October 10)
    • Python Projects

Week 8

  • Tuesday (October 15)
    • Midterm Review
    • MIDTERM
  • Thursday (October 17)
    • No Class, Fall Break

Week 9

  • Monday
    • Python Homework 2 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (October 22)
    • Machine Learning in Python
  • Thursday (October 24)
    • Machine Learning in Python

Week 10

  • Tuesday (October 29)
    • Machine Learning in Python
    • Introduction to R
  • Wednesday (October 30)
    • Python Homework 3 Due at 11:59 pm
  • Thursday (October 31)
    • Introduction to R
  • Friday (November 1)
    • Project Report 1 Due at 11:59 pm

November

Week 11

  • Tuesday (November 5)
    • Machine Learning in R
  • Thursday (November 7)
    • R Projects

Week 12

  • Tuesday (November 12)
    • Introduction to MySQL
  • Wednesday (November 13)
    • R Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Thursday (November 14)
    • MySQL and Python

Week 13

  • Tuesday (November 19)
    • MySQL Projects
  • Thursday (November 21)
    • MySQL Projects

Week 14

  • Monday
    • MySQL Homework Due at 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (November 26)
    • Additional Topics: Gathering Data from the Internet
    • Project Report 2 due by 11:59 pm
  • Thursday (November 28)
    • No Class, Thanksgiving Break

December

Week 15

  • Sunday (December 1)
    • Completed rough draft of final report due by 11:59 pm
  • Monday (December 2)
    • Lightning presentation slide due by 11:59 pm
  • Tuesday (December 3)
    • Final Report Editing
    • Lightening Presentations
  • Thursday (December 5)
    • Lightening Presentations
  • Friday (Decemner 6)
    • Long Presentation and Final Report due by 11:59 pm

Finals Week

  • Wednesday (December 11)
    • Final Exam 8:00 am - 11:00 am
    • Date TBD