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IS 482

Applied Data Science

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB
Standard

Overview

Description

An introduction to the most commonly used techniques in data analysis, statistical learning and machine learning. This is an applied data analytics course focusing on the theories and algorithms behind each technique from an application point of view.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Business major or minor.
IS 350
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

IS 350; Business major or minor.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring

Terms

spring

Restrictions

Business major or minor.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • describe the data mining methodology and identify its applications.
  • describe the importance of inference and prediction and distinguish them.
  • describe and distinguish between supervised and unsupervised learning methods.
  • interpret model findings and write a report describing that interpretation.
  • identify and describe the challenges in real-world data analytics projects.
  • identify and describe “good” vs. “bad” models by virtue of evaluation metrics.