Informatics 248 - Intro to Data Science
Spring
2026
01LL
F 2:30PM 3:20PM
UMass Amherst
79208
Lederle Grad Res Tower rm 121
This course is an introduction to the concepts and skills involved with the collection, management, analysis, and presentation of data sets and the data products that result from the work of data scientists. Privacy, algorithmic bias and ethical issues are also discussed. Students will work with data from the financial, epidemiological, educational, and other domains. The course provides many examples of real-world data that students work with using various software tools.
Open to INFORM majors. INFO 248 pre-req
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.