May 25, 2026  
2026-2027 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog

DSCI 318 - Advanced Methods in Data Science


4 Hour(s) Credit
An advanced course in data science concepts, focused on synthesizing diverse, possibly unstructured data to better understand and characterize the world. Topics covered include the data science life-cycle, advanced data representation, data characterization and selection, time series analysis, numerical optimization, loss functions, model comparison, and visual analytics.
Four hours per week
Prerequisites C or better in DSCI 218 , MATH 216