Topics/Prog for Bus Analytics
Term: Fall 2021 - E-term II (10/18/2021 - 12/14/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading
CRN: 16943
Times & Locations
Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
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10/18/2021 | 12/14/2021 | W | 5:40pm - 9:15pm | ONLINE |
This course is designed as an introduction to Python programming language and PowerBI visualization software. The course convers Python as a programming language to write, implement, and design programs that are relevant to various aspects of Analytics including basic data structures in Python (arrays, dictionaries, and dataframes), conditional logic and iterators, writing Python functions, and using Python libraries to read external data and perform data manipulations and data analysis. The course also teaches students the visualization skills necessary to be effective Data Storytellers using PowerBI which helps engage their audience in a story about the data. This course focuses on concepts as well as hands-on experience of presenting data from initial concepts to final presentation by creating meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data to facilitate peer/managerial decision-making.