IS 597

Spring 2021 All Classes

All Classes
Advanced Topics in Data Analytics & Data Science

Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and advanced topics courses within the fields of Data Analytics & Data Science, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula.

2 to 4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in the same or separate semesters to a maximum of 16 hours, if topics vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

IS 597 class schedule data for spring 2021
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
72512
Online
CLO
6:30PM -8:25PM
W
n.a.
Wickes, E
Date Range:
03/24/21-04/14/21
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Command Line Tools
Section Info:
This class will provide an overview of the history and commonly offered command line interfaces and essential shell scripting tools. These approaches will be extended to cover common version control tools, including git and GitHub, their value, and how to appropriately organize a project within them. Pre- and Co-requisites: Some programming experience is required, either demonstrated via previous experience or having completed IS 430-Foundations of Information Processing (formerly known as IS 452-Foundations of Information Processing). Concurrent enrollment within IS 430-Foundations of Information Processing (formerly known as IS 452-Foundations of Information Processing) may be acceptable with instructor approval. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
71754
Online
DSO
9:00AM -11:50AM
F
n.a.
Weible, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Data Structures & Algorithms
Section Info:
Prerequisite: “At least three previous programming courses including 590PR/597PR, or instructor approval, email your request to jweible@illinois.edu. ” Learn, experiment, code with, and compare performance of common data structures and algorithms in a fun, collaborative, and challenging context. In class, students will solve or play and discuss several types of logic puzzles and strategy games. In small teams they will explore the deductive, strategic, and tactical decisions involved, select appropriate data structures & algorithms to develop efficient program solutions to automate playing, solving, generating, or analyzing puzzles & games. Techniques used include analysis of efficiency (Big-O, Big-theta), recursion, minimax, Monte Carlo Tree Search, client/server network communications, deterministic vs non-deterministic algorithms. Structures used include arrays, matrices, hash tables, stacks, various trees, network graphs, and custom structures. For some projects, students will have competitions pitting their solutions against other teams’. Primarily based in the Python language, though students may also use others. Intended for IS students who have not formally studied algorithm efficiency & data structures or as a reinforcement of those concepts through applied practice.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
71815
Online
PDO
11:00AM -12:20PM
TR
n.a.
Brooks, I
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Practical Health DataAnalytics
Section Info:
This course provides hands-on experience with practical data analysis. Datasets will be drawn from the health sector and will include structured, unstructured, social media, and geospatial data. Students will work in teams to refine the project question, identify the appropriate analytical methods, obtain any necessary supplemental data from online sources, perform the analysis, visualize the results, and present the project to stakeholders. Teams will be assigned based on analytical skill-level from basic statistics to advanced machine learning. Students should have taken an introduction to statistics class, but no prior experience in the health domain is required. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
71816
Online
PRO
9:00AM -11:50AM
M
n.a.
Weible, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/25/21-05/05/21
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Progr Analytics & Data Process
Section Info:
Prerequisite: IS 452 (Foundations Info Processing); or equivalent programming knowledge, w/consent of instructor. Building on the fundamentals introduced in IS 452, this course adds skills, data structures, tools, & patterns needed for developing & modifying software to solve more complex problems & to improve code maintainability & reliability. These skills are relevant to many types of programming, but many scenarios used will involve data analysis, conversion, validation & processing pipelines. The course helps prepare students for work on larger projects with multiple developers. Includes test-driven design, more OOP design concepts, refactoring, profiling, introductory parallel processing & more. Primarily uses the Python language. Graduate students in other departments may register with approval; please email your request to jweible@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
72513
Online
PYO
6:30PM -8:25PM
W
n.a.
Wickes, E
Date Range:
04/21/21-05/12/21
Degree Notes:
ONL Info Science rate course.
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Intro to Python Standard Lib
Section Info:
Pre- and Co-requisites: This class is designed for students who have previous computer science/engineering degrees or related coursework, and have never worked within Python. Students are not allowed to enroll in IS 452 before, during, or after completing this section. Students are not allowed to have taken IS 597 PR - Progr Analytics & Data Process (formerly IS 590 PR) before this class, but may be co-enrolled or take that course later. This is a short course introduction to the Python programming language for students with prior intensive programming experience and/or prior coursework on a programming language. This class will introduce students to the fundamental patterns within data-oriented Python programs, core differences between Python and other general purpose programming languages. This is an intensive course that presumes students are comfortable with loops, logic structures, accumulators, and working within programming environments. This course focuses on the Python standard library, and will not cover external tools like Pandas, numpy, sklearn, matplotlib, etc. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to students in the Information Sciences department.
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