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The document is a syllabus for Springboard's Foundations of Data Science course. The course is an introductory workshop for learning data science over 100 hours. It covers topics like probability, statistics, R programming, exploratory data analysis, data wrangling, data storytelling, and data analysis. Students get an online curriculum, weekly mentor calls, office hours, and build a capstone project. Upon completion, students receive a certificate. The goal is to emphasize learning by doing and building a portfolio.

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Springboard Foundations of DataScience Syllabusv2

The document is a syllabus for Springboard's Foundations of Data Science course. The course is an introductory workshop for learning data science over 100 hours. It covers topics like probability, statistics, R programming, exploratory data analysis, data wrangling, data storytelling, and data analysis. Students get an online curriculum, weekly mentor calls, office hours, and build a capstone project. Upon completion, students receive a certificate. The goal is to emphasize learning by doing and building a portfolio.

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FOUNDATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE

Syllabus

Introduction
Data Science is one of the fastest growing fields of this decade. There is an
explosion of data fuelled by cheap and ubiquitous storage of everything from
personal and health records, every single action on millions of websites, mobiles,
sensors, business transactions and so on. We now need technologies that help us
make sense of this data, and become more intelligent in our decisions. That is the
mandate of the field of Data Science.
Learning Data Science is perhaps the best career investment you can make in
2015. According to LinkedIn, Statistical Analysis & Data Mining were
the hottest skills that got recruiters attention last year.
Springboards Foundations of Data Science is an introductory workshop for
learning Data Science. The objective of the course is to emphasize learning by
doing and help you build a portfolio as you learn.

How It Works
When you enroll in this course,
You will get a high-quality online curriculum, which contains the best Data
Science resources hand-picked from the web and structured into a logical
curriculum by a Data Science expert.
A Student Advisor will talk with you about your learning objectives and
preferences for a mentor, and find the best 1-1 mentor match accordingly.
They will support you throughout the course.
As you work through the curriculum and projects at your own pace, you will
have 1-1 video calls with your mentor every week. You can ask them
questions about the curriculum, get project feedback or career advice.
In addition to your weekly mentor calls, you'll have access to weekly live
Office Hours and an exclusive community of mentors and students for
discussions with the broader community.
Once you finish the course material and submit the Capstone Project, you
will get a Certificate of Completion.

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Syllabus

Each module will cover a key aspect of Data Science and have a combination of
materials: lectures, theory, coding exercises, reading/viewing exercises, and
optional materials. The recommended time allocation is based on a total of 100
hours of work, and can be scaled according to student needs.

Probability & Statistics (22+ hours)

Probability & Statistics is at the heart of data science. This section will give you the
required foundation in these topics.

Topics Covered:
1. Random variables and distributions
2. Statistical studies
3. Descriptive statistics
4. Dependent & independent events
5. Regression
6. Inferential statistics

Basics of R Programming (15+ hours)

Get started with the R statistical software - its many libraries & packages make it a
great tool for beginners.

Topics Covered:
1. Installing R and RStudio
2. Shortcuts, common commands and syntax quirks
3. Basic data visualization with the ggplot2 package

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Exploratory Data Analysis (11+ hours)

Learn how to form an intuition about a data set before getting into any formal
methods through Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and basic visualizations.

Topics Covered:
1. EDA vs classical & Bayesian approaches
2. Histograms and frequency polygons
3. Box-plots, quartiles, scatter plots, heat maps etc.

Data Wrangling (12+ hours)

Learn Data Wrangling - the process of converting data from a raw form into another
format that allows for more convenient analysis.

Topics Covered:
1. The split-apply-combine paradigm
2. R-based tools and packages for data wrangling - reshape2, plyr, dplyr, Rvest
etc.
3. Elective on regular expressions - a way to match patterns in text

Data Storytelling (5+ hours)

Data science is about telling stories and data scientists are the storytellers. A data
story is a powerful way to present insights, by combining visualizations and text
into a narrative.

Topics Covered:
1. The importance of storytelling, emphasized through many real-life examples

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Data Analysis In-Depth (29+ hours)

Learn how to apply analytics to real-world applications from examples like


Moneyball, eHarmony, Twitter, IBMWatson, and Netflix.

Topics Covered:
1. Linear & logistic regression
2. Trees
3. Clustering
4. Text analytics

ELECTIVE: Data Visualization (6 hours)

Data Visualization is a vast field, and can be a specialization unto itself. This
elective covers the fundamentals of visual perception and good design, and some
powerful visualization techniques.

Topics Covered:
1. Visual perception
2. Graphic design
3. Advanced visualization techniques like index charts, horizon graphs, parallel
coordinates, maps, hierarchies, networks etc.

Capstone Project (10+ hours)

Now its time to bring it all together. Pick a data set in your area of interest, tidy it
up, explore and summarize it to form an intuition and then use formal methods to
build a model and uncover insights!

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Handy References and Career Resources

1. Preparing for interviews


2. Interviews with data scientists
3. Building data products
4. Design thinking for Data Scientists
5. Advice for strengthening portfolio
6. Websites and people to follow

Looks good? Enroll Here


or email us at hello@springboard.com with any questions.

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