Foundations of Data Science

Division: Natural Science and Math

Department: Mathematics

Course: MATH 3080

Title: Foundations of Data Science

Prerequisites: Math 1210 and (either Math 2040 or Math 3040) with a C or better in each course

Description: Students will get an introduction to a programming language for data analysis, data analysis tools, and the necessary statistics to acquire, clean, analyze, explore, and visualize data using real-life data sets. Using statistics, students will learn to make data-driven inferences and decisions, and to communicate those results effectively. Students interested in this course that don't meet the necessary pre-requisites should consider taking Math 2080 instead.

Courses Taught Fall 2025

Courses Taught Spring 2026

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