UMD Courses

Fall 2023:

CMSC 320 - Introduction to Data Science

Time: MW 3.30-4:45 pm (Location: Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center (ESJ), Room Number: 0224)

An introduction to data science i.e., the end-to-end process of going from unstructured, messy data to knowledge and actionable insights. Provides a broad overview of several topics including statistical data analysis, basic data mining and machine learning algorithms, large-scale data management, cloud computing, and information visualization.

DATA 200 - Knowledge in Society: Science, Data and Ethics

Previous course title: Best Practices for Big Data Collection and Analysis

Time: MWF 11-11:50 am (Location: William E. Kirwan Hall (MTH) , Room Number: 0411)

It is a new course offered as part of the Data Science minor. 

This course is dedicated to the study of ethical issues associated with data science, including data collection, gathering existing data, ethical use of data, data analysis with teams, repeatability, and reproducibility of data analysis, and academic and scientific integrity.