DATA 51 Course Calendar

BS Data Science
Fall 2026

Course Calendar for DATA 51
Foundations of Data Science
READING references to Sections in the text:
Foundations of Data Science, and W3Schools Python Tutorial by ZyBook and
W3Schools Python Reading Guide

Monday, August 24, 2026
Intro to DATA 51
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Data Science vs. AI?
Zy: 1.1-1.4
Friday, August 28, 2026
Data Ethics
Zy: 1.5-1.6
Monday, August 31, 2026
Intro to Python
Zy: 2.1, Py: 3 Get Started - 7 Variables
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Python Fundamental Data Structures
Py: 8 Data Types, 12 Numbers - 16 Operators
Friday, September 4, 2026
Python Containers I: Lists
Zy: 2.2, Py: 17 Lists
Monday, September 7, 2026
No Class
Labor Day Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Program Flow
Py: 21 If..Else - 26 For Loops
Friday, September 11, 2026
Python Functions and Modules
Zy: 2.3-2.4
Monday, September 14, 2026
The Birthday Problem
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Python Modules: Matplotlib
Zy: 2.7
Friday, September 18, 2026
More Practice with Matplotlib
Monday, September 21, 2026
Birthday Problem Visualizations
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Python Modules: Numpy
Zy: 2.5, Py: 59 Numpy* (optional)
Friday, September 25, 2026
Dictionaries, Python Module: Pandas
Zy: 2.6, Py: 60 Pandas* (optional)
Monday, September 28, 2026
PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
PRESENTATIONS
Friday, October 2, 2026
No Class
Fall Holiday 2 Oct Monday, October 5, 2026
Descriptive Statistics
Zy: 3.2
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Probability, Event Spaces, Random Events
Zy: 3.3
Friday, October 9, 2026
Inferential Statistics
Zy: 3.4-3.5
Monday, October 12, 2026
Case Studies: NY Flights,,,,
Zy: 3.7
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Intro to Data Visualization
Zy: 4.1-4.2
Friday, October 16, 2026
Visualization: Best Practice/Tools
Zy: 4.3-4.4
Monday, October 19, 2026
EDA
Zy: 4.5-4.7
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Visualization Jam
Zy: 4.8
Friday, October 23, 2026
Intro to Dashboards
Monday, October 26, 2026
Prep for Presi's
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Presentations
Friday, October 30, 2026
Presentations
Monday, November 2, 2026
Data Wrangling, Groupby
Zy: 6.1-6.2
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Data Formatting/Cleaning
Zy: 6.3-6.4
Friday, November 6, 2026
Data Engineering
Zy: 6.5-6.6
Monday, November 9, 2026
Case Studies
Zy: 6.7-6.8
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Models from Data
Zy: 7.1
Friday, November 13, 2026
Linear Regression
Zy: 7.2-7.3
Monday, November 16, 2026
No Class
Thanksgiving Week Wednesday, November 18, 2026
No Class
Thanksgiving Week Friday, November 20, 2026
No Class
Thanksgiving Week Monday, November 23, 2026
Multi-dimensional and Non-Linear Regression
Zy: 7.4
Wednesday, November 25, 2026
Logistic Regression
Zy: 7.5
Friday, November 27, 2026
Wrap / DATA 53
Monday, November 30, 2026
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Wednesday, December 2, 2026
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Friday, December 4, 2026
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Monday, December 7, 2026
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Wednesday, December 9, 2026
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Friday, December 11, 2026

Final Exam