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STAT3060J – Computational Thinking with Data (Winter Program)

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Credits: 2

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Description:

The course will cover computational thinking and quantitative reasoning, to better prepare the students for further coursework in data science, computer science, and statistics. It is intended for students with little or no programming experience and it aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. Moreover, we will cover best practices with software engineering for data science and project management.

Course Topics:

Python, JupytJer notebook, project management, git, variables, functions, Lists, Strings, and Conditional Statements, iteration, dictionary, collections, Numpy, file I/O, visualization, website development, modeling.