General Catalog 2023-24

(Same as Computer Science M148.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Requisites: one course from 131A, Civil and Environmental Engineering 110, Mathematics 170A, Mathematics 170E, or Statistics 100A, and Computer Science 31 or Program in Computing 10A, and 10B. How to analyze data arising in real world so as to understand corresponding phenomenon. Covers topics in machine learning, data analytics, and statistical modeling classically employed for prediction. Comprehensive, hands-on overview of data science domain by blending theoretical and practical instruction. Data science lifecycle: data selection and cleaning, feature engineering, model selection, and prediction methodologies. Letter grading.