CSC 109 - Data Science and Society

Data plays a central and important role in scholarship, in research, and in modern society. Nearly every web search, phone call, transaction, and countless other activities are tracked, analyzed, and used to predict future actions. Data science is a collection of analytical and computational methods to enable insight, understanding, and predictions to be drawn from data.  This course provides an introduction to the methods of data science, including visualization, manipulation, programming, and modeling. This class will give you the inspiration and confidence to apply the tools and methods of data science in numerous ways! Throughout the term, we will combine theory and application of data science tools and methods that are useful for studying problems in the social sciences, environmental science, psychology, medicine, ecology, chemistry, physics, and much more.  Course is offered online through LACOL and is limited to 10 Davidson students.  Students must indicate interest (include link when ready) to be considered.

Satisfies the Mathematical and Quantitative Thought requirement
Satisfies an interdisciplinary minor requirement in Data Science 

Prerequisites & Notes
A student may not receive credit for both CSC 109 and CSC 110.