Intro Programming for Data Sci

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Prerequisite: MATH 1350 Description: Programming, writing computer code, is an essential component of the analysis of data. This course will teach students the basic programming concepts needed to work with and analyze data. The class will be taught using the R programming language. No previous programming experience is needed. Basic programming concepts will be covered as well as fundamental data analysis paradigms. UNIX scripting, version control through git, and research reproducibility through knitr will be covered. Plotting and visualization will be covered through the ggplot R package.