Data Science Project I

4 credits

In this two-course sequence students will investigate a topic and design a system to produce statistically informed output. The investigation will span the entire lifecycle, including assessing the problem, learning domain knowledge, collecting/cleaning data, creating a model, addressing ethical issues, designing the system, analyzing the output, and presenting the results. 180A deals with research, methodology, and system design. Students will produce a research summary and a project proposal. Prerequisites: DSC 102 and (MATH 189 or DSC 152), and (DSC 140B or CSE 151A or COGS 188 or CSE 158 or CSE 158R or DSC 148 or DSC 140A or CSE 151A and DSC 106). Restricted to students with upper-division standing. Restricted to students within the data science major.