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Activity Number: 128 - Curricular Considerations for Statistics and Data Science Education
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2018 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract #330458 Presentation
Title: Developing an Introductory Data Science Course in a Computer Science Curriculum
Author(s): Dianna Spence*
Companies: University of North Georgia
Keywords: data science; statistics education; curriculum
Abstract:

This paper describes the development and implementation of an undergraduate course in Data Science targeted toward students with a major or minor in Computer Science. Included in the overview are the prerequisite content in both statistics and programming; the topics visited in the course; the organization of assignments and assessments; a description of student performance in the course; and subsequent plans for future course revisions.


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