Please note that course schedules may be amended due to low enrollment, faculty availability, and/or other factors.
MSDS 402-DL : Data Science and Research Practice
Description
This course introduces the field of data science, which combines
business strategy, information technology, and modeling methods.
The course reviews the benefits and opportunities of data science,
as well as organizational, implementation, and ethical issues. The
course provides an overview of modeling methods, analytics
software, and information systems. It discusses business problems
and solutions for traditional and contemporary data management
systems, and the selection of appropriate tools for data collection
and analysis. The course also reviews approaches to business
research, sampling, and survey design.
Prior to spring 2022, this course was titled Introduction to
Data Science.