Introduction to Data Science
COGS 9 - UC San Diego - Prof. Kyle Shannon
Spring 2024
SOLIS 107
TU & TH 5:00-6:20PM
Welcome 👋
We are all very excited that you decided to join us on this whirlwind tour of data science. All relevant info, e.g. due dates, assignment links, etc. are found on this website. We look forward to teaching and working with all of you and hope to meet you in office hours. Check out the Getting Started section so you can hit the ground running when class starts!
Week one I try to take as many students from the waitlist as I can, please email cogsadvising@ucsd.edu with further questions.
Discussion Sections
| Day | Time | Location | Staff | Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01 | Wed | 12:00-12:50PM | CENTR 222 | TA: Abdullah IAs: Kyra | View |
| A02 | Wed | 1:00-1:50PM | CENTR 222 | TA: Kaushik IAs: Seshu, Vicky | View |
| A03 | Wed | 2:00-2:50PM | CENTR 222 | TA: Matthew IAs: Jessica, Wenhua | View |
| A04 | Wed | 3:00-3:50PM | CENTR 222 | TA: Vineeth IAs: Jiesen | View |
| A05 | Wed | 4:00-4:50PM | CENTR 222 | TA: Vineeth IAs: Harshita | View |
Course Calendar
| Week 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 02 | LECT | What is Data Science |
| Tue, Apr 02 | READ | Begin Reading 1 it is long... |
| Thu, Apr 04 | LECT | Ethics |
| Week 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 09 | LECT | Data Science Questions |
| Thu, Apr 11 | LECT | Reproducibility & Bias |
| Week 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 16 | LECT | Data |
| Thu, Apr 18 | LECT | Getting Data |
| Fri, Apr 19 | QUIZ | Reading Quiz 1 due |
| Fri, Apr 19 | READ | Begin reading 2 |
| Week 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 23 | LECT | Data Wrangling |
| Thu, Apr 25 | LECT | Programming for Data Science |
| Fri, Apr 26 | QUIZ | Reading Quiz 2 due |
| Fri, Apr 26 | READ | Begin reading 3 |
| Week 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 30 | LECT | Data Viz & Descriptive Analysis |
| Thu, May 02 | LECT | Exploratory Data Analysis |
| Fri, May 03 | QUIZ | Reading Quiz 3 due |
| Fri, May 03 | READ | Begin reading 4 |
| Week 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 06 | ASSG | Assignment 1 due |
| Tue, May 07 | LECT | Communicating Data Science |
| Tue, May 07 | VID | Communicating DataSci Recording |
| Thu, May 09 | LECT | Inferential Analysis |
| Thu, May 09 | VID | Inferential Analysis Recording |
| Week 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 13 | PROJ | Final Project Part 1 due |
| Tue, May 14 | EXTR | [Extra Credit] Team evaluation due |
| Tue, May 14 | LECT | Machine Learning I |
| Thu, May 16 | LECT | Machine Learning II |
| Fri, May 17 | QUIZ | Reading Quiz 4 due |
| Fri, May 17 | READ | Begin reading 5 |
| Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 20 | ASSG | Assignment 2 due |
| Tue, May 21 | LECT | Text & Geospatial Analysis |
| Thu, May 23 | LECT | Giving a Data Science Talk |
| Week 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 27 | ASSG | Assignment 3 due |
| Tue, May 28 | GLCT | Guest Lec 1. (prerecorded not in-class) |
| Thu, May 30 | GLCT | Guest Lec 2. (prerecorded not in-class) |
| Fri, May 31 | QUIZ | Reading Quiz 5 due |
| Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jun 04 | LECT | Algorithms & Computability |
| Thu, Jun 06 | LECT | Future of Data Sci & Jobs |
| Thu, Jun 06 | PROJ | Final Project Part 2 due |
| Week 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jun 12 | EXAM | Take home exam released (@10PM) |
| Thu, Jun 13 | EXAM | Take home exam due (@10PM) |