DATA 301 - Introduction to Data Science

Cal Poly
Python
data science

a 5-unit course on working with data in Python, including various machine learning / statistical learning techniques

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Course description

These materials accompany the 5-unit, 2-day, hands-on coding course, DATA 301 - Introduction to Data Science, offered through the Cross Disciplinary Minor in Data Science.

In this course, students learn how to work with data in Python using {pandas}, create visualizations using {plotnine}, and fit various supervised and unsupervised learning models using {scikitlearn}.


When is this taught?

At Cal Poly, this course is taught every quarter, typically alternating between Statistics faculty and Computer Science faculty. I expect to teach this course at some point in the academic year, so the materials should be updated at least once annually.