Section Info: DATA-390-01

Course Title: Research and Topics in Data Science
Start Date: 09/03/2025 End Date: 12/16/2025
Term: Fall Semester 2025
Description: This seminar provides an opportunity for students from all disciplines to do guided research using data science tools in a research project of their choice. Students will develop an understanding of the full pipeline of successful data science research by selecting a topic, identifying relevant datasets, designing research methods, conducting in-depth analyses, deriving meaningful conclusions, and submitting a final report. Opportunities for students to present their work and review journal articles create a scaffolded approach. Past project topics include geology, music, demographics, art, economics, government, religion, transportation, and law.
Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Arie Shaus             ashaus@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/03/2025 - 12/16/2025   Seminar   Monday and Wednesday   08:30AM - 09:45AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: STAT-242 and COMSC-205, or a 300-level class in Statistics or Computer Science. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
DATA0003   DATA-SE: Data Science Elective Course   This course is an elective option for the Data Science major.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 10     Enrollment: 11     Available: 0     Waitlist: 3
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.