Introduction to Data Science
Cogs 9 at UC San Diego 👋
Spring 2025
TBD
TUE & THUR 6:30PM - 7:50PM
Week 1 - Introduction to Data Science & Ethics
📘 Read Introduction to Data Science (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Apr 1
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LEC 1 What is DS
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HW Assignment 1 Released (due Apr 10, 11:59 pm)
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 1 Released (due Apr 10, 11:59 pm)
- 🧑🏫 Wed Apr 2
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DISC NO Discussion Section - CANCELED
- 🧑🏫 Thu Apr 3
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LEC 2 Ethics
Week 2 - Data Science Questions & Reproducibility
🍿 Watch Data Science in Practice (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Apr 8
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LEC 3 DS Questions
- 🧑🏫 Wed Apr 9
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu Apr 10
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LEC 4 Reproducibility & Bias
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HW Assignment 1 Due
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 1 Due
Week 3 - Data Fundamentals & Collection
📘 Read Data Collection Methods (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Apr 15
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LEC 5 Data (Redo Databases Portion)
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HW Assignment 2 Released (due Apr 24, 11:59 pm)
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 3 Released (due Apr 24, 11:59 pm)
- 🧑🏫 Wed Apr 16
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu Apr 17
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LEC 6 Data Collection
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 2 Due
Week 4 - Data Wrangling & Visualization
🍿 Watch Data Visualization Techniques (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Apr 22
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LEC 7 Data Wrangling
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 4 Released (due May 1, 11:59 pm)
- 🧑🏫 Wed Apr 23
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DISC Discussion Section - Form Project Groups (3-4 people/team)
- 🧑🏫 Thu Apr 24
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LEC 8 Data Visualization
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HW Assignment 2 Due
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 3 Due
Week 5 - Exploratory Data Analysis & Communication
📘 Read Exploratory Data Analysis (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Apr 29
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LEC 9 EDA
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 5 Released (due May 22, 11:59 pm)
- 🧑🏫 Wed Apr 30
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DISC Discussion Section - Project Teams
- 🧑🏫 Thu May 1
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LEC 10 Communicating
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 4 Due
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PROJECT Group Project Topics Due
Week 6 - Inferential Analysis & Data Literacy
🍿 Watch Statistical Inference in Data Science (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue May 6
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LEC 11 Inferential Analysis
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HW Assignment 3 Released (due May 22, 11:59 pm)
- 🧑🏫 Wed May 7
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu May 8
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LEC 12 Data Literacy and Calling Bullshit
Week 7 - Machine Learning Fundamentals & Applications
📘 Read Introduction to Machine Learning (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue May 13
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LEC 13 Machine Learning (Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning Reinforcement & Deep Learning)
- 🧑🏫 Wed May 14
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu May 15
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LEC 14 Machine Learning (Demo code)
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PROJECT Project P1 Due
Week 8 - Specialized Data Types & Industry Perspectives
🍿 Watch Text and Geospatial Data Analysis (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue May 20
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LEC 15 Text/Geospatial Data
- 🧑🏫 Wed May 21
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu May 22
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LEC 16 Data Science Talk
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QUIZ Reading Quiz 5 Due
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HW Assignment 3 Due
Week 9 - Guest Lectures & Industry Insights
📘 Read Data Science in Industry (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue May 27
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LEC 17 Guest Lecture I
- 🧑🏫 Wed May 28
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu May 29
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LEC 18 Guest Lecture II (Ahmed & Jiesen)
Week 10 - Modern AI Applications & Future of Data Science
🍿 Watch The Future of Data Science (TBD).
- 🧑🏫 Tue Jun 3
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LEC 19 LLMs chatgpt etc demos
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PROJECT Project P2/Video Due (7 min video)
- 🧑🏫 Wed Jun 4
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DISC Discussion Section
- 🧑🏫 Thu Jun 5
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LEC 20 Future of DS in 2025 beyond
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PROJECT Project Report Due (~10 pages)