Introduction to Data Science is designed to introduce students to the exciting opportunities available at the intersection of data analysis, computing, and mathematics through hands-on activities.  Data is everywhere, and this curriculum will help prepare students to live in a world of data.  The curriculum focuses on practical applications of data analysis to give students concrete and applicable skills.  This curriculum engages students with a wider world of data that falls into the “Big Data” paradigm and is relevant to students’ lives.  RStudio, the statistical programming language used by academics and industry, will be used to bring data to life.  Through RStudio, students will learn to compute with data to develop graphical and numerical summaries to both communicate findings and to generate further exploration.  This is a project and inquiry-based class. 

Prerequisite: A grade of C or higher in Algebra 2 or teacher recommendation. 

Approved as UC A-G ‘C’ math elective.

Zoom recording from Feb 23rd Information Session