Introduction to Data Science

Cogs 9 at UC San Diego 👋

Spring 2025

TBD

TUE & THUR 6:30PM - 7:50PM

Kyle Shannon (Data Soothsayer)

kshannon@ucsd.edu

Week 1 - Introduction to Data Science & Ethics
📘 Read Introduction to Data Science (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue Apr 1: LEC 1 What is Data Science?
slides; QUIZ Reading Quiz 1 Released (due Apr 10, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Apr 2: DISC NO Discussion Section - CANCELED
🧑‍🏫 Thu Apr 3: LEC 2 Ethics
slides; MISC Sign Up for Campuswire - Code 6507

Week 2 - Data Science Questions & Reproducibility
🍿 Watch Data Science in Practice (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue Apr 8: LEC 3 Data Science Questions
slides; HW Assignment 1 Released (due Apr 16, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Apr 9: DISC Discussion Section
slides
🧑‍🏫 Thu Apr 10: LEC 4 Reproducibility & Bias
slides

Week 3 - Data Fundamentals & Collection
📘 Read Data Collection Methods (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue Apr 15: LEC 5 Data
slides demo data; HW Assignment 2 Released (due Apr 24, 11:59 pm); QUIZ Reading Quiz 3 Released (due Apr 24, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Apr 16: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu Apr 17: LEC 6 Data Collection
slides

Week 4 - Data Wrangling & Visualization
🍿 Watch Data Visualization Techniques (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue Apr 22: LEC 7 Data Wrangling
slides; QUIZ Reading Quiz 4 Released (due May 1, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Apr 23: DISC Discussion Section - Form Project Groups (3-4 people/team)
🧑‍🏫 Thu Apr 24: LEC 8 Data Visualization
slides

Week 5 - Exploratory Data Analysis & Communication
📘 Read Exploratory Data Analysis (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue Apr 29: LEC 9 EDA; QUIZ Reading Quiz 5 Released (due May 22, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Apr 30: DISC Discussion Section - Project Teams
🧑‍🏫 Thu May 1: LEC 10 Communicating; PROJECT Group Project Topics Due

Week 6 - Inferential Analysis & Data Literacy
🍿 Watch Statistical Inference in Data Science (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue May 6: LEC 11 Inferential Analysis
slides; HW Assignment 3 Released (due May 22, 11:59 pm)
🧑‍🏫 Wed May 7: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu May 8: LEC 12 Data Literacy and Calling Bullshit

Week 7 - Machine Learning Fundamentals & Applications
📘 Read Introduction to Machine Learning (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue May 13: LEC 13 Machine Learning (Supervised vs. Unsupervised Learning Reinforcement & Deep Learning)
🧑‍🏫 Wed May 14: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu May 15: LEC 14 Machine Learning (Demo code); PROJECT Project P1 Due

Week 8 - Specialized Data Types & Industry Perspectives
🍿 Watch Text and Geospatial Data Analysis (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue May 20: LEC 15 Text/Geospatial Data
🧑‍🏫 Wed May 21: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu May 22: LEC 16 Data Science Talk

Week 9 - Guest Lectures & Industry Insights
📘 Read Data Science in Industry (TBD).

🧑‍🏫 Tue May 27: LEC 17 Guest Lecture I
🧑‍🏫 Wed May 28: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu May 29: 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: LEC 19 LLMs chatgpt etc demos; PROJECT Project P2/Video Due (7 min video)
🧑‍🏫 Wed Jun 4: DISC Discussion Section
🧑‍🏫 Thu Jun 5: LEC 20 Future of DS in 2025 beyond; PROJECT Project Report Due (~10 pages)