Computer literacy in general and data management in particular are becoming required skills for all career paths, especially in business and in the sciences. This course will give you the fundamental skills for a solid start on a data-driven path in your specific discipline.

This course is designed as a second course in computer science for non-CS majors and CS minors. CS Majors who want to follow a data management concentration can also take the course. The course will serve as an introduction to basic data management / data science technologies, typically through the use of different discipline-specific examples. It will be taught in a computer lab where the students can actively participate in parts of the lecture. The course will adopt the point of view of a user of data (i.e., who is just combining and analyzing it using tools) and not a provider of data (i.e., who would be implementing a database driven Web site), as is typically the case for related courses for CS majors.