Introduction to Data Science for Business

Undergraduate

This course provides an overview of the basic principles and approaches used to analyze and extract key insights from business data. All phases of the data science process will be examined in some depth including problem formulation, data acquisition, data modeling, model evaluation, and model deployment. Particular emphasis will be placed on expressing business problems in forms that can be addressed using data science tools and techniques. As an introduction to data science, this course focuses on providing a broad survey of the field as a foundation for more advanced level courses. (Prerequisite: MSCI-2130 or COMP-1400.)