Units
3.0 QUARTER UNITS
Course Description
With data now being created at the rate of 2.5 quintillion bytes a day, there is a tremendous demand for people who can explore vast amounts of data. In this lab-based course, you will learn how to glean empirical truth from data using Python with Pandas, how to make the right decisions, and how to bring order from chaos.
Experience Python's straight-forward syntax, built-in data types, and object-oriented programming (OOP) and make your own data types. Learn how Python's brilliant architecture allows you to jump into any of more than 300,000 libraries provided for Python. In this course you work with the Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib libraries to inspect data, manipulate data, calculate statistics, and provide informative and beautiful visual representations for data sets via interactive Jupyter Notebooks.
Topics
- Pandas, DataFrames and Series for data sets:
- Matplotlib for presenting graphs
- Python for using the data libraries effectively
Prerequisites / Skills Needed
Helpful, but not required, are a basic experience in any programming language and a rudimentary knowledge of statistics.
Additional Information
AI* - This course, in parallel with the technical curriculum, includes a dedicated module on Generative AI, exploring its role in modern data work. Students study selected literature on the topic and complete an extra credit assignment that uses generative AI tools to support or extend their analysis.
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