Computer Science 151DS - Intro CS: Data Science
Fall
2019
01
4.00
Eitan Mendelowitz
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
108261
Kendade 305
emendelo@mtholyoke.edu
Introduction to the field of computer science with a data science theme. Introduces students to algorithms, basic data structures, and programming techniques. Also introduces the skills, techniques, and tools needed to collect, prepare, analyze, and visualize data to quantitatively ask and answer questions. Through readings, discussions, case studies, and projects, students will explore a breadth of subjects including programming for data manipulation, the presentation and representation of data, statistics and machine learning, "Big Data," and the ethics of working with data at scale.
Coreq: COMSC-151DSL.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.