CSC 315 Introduction to Data Science

Data science is an interdisciplinary field which blends mathematics, computer science, and various domain-specific fields (such as bioinformatics). The goal is to extract usable information from large sets of data. This course will be an introduction to data science using R, Python or a similar language. Emphasis will be on exploratory data analysis, visualization, model fitting, classification, and prediction.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

MTH 315

Prerequisite

MTH 204, MTH 401, or ECO 212

Corequisite

Computer Science Elective