DSCI 100: Introduction to Data Science

A Discussion of Course Design Intent and Lessons Learned

Tiffany A. Timbers, Ph.D.
Instructor, Department of Statistics
Option Co-Director, Master of Data Science progam
University of British Columbia

@TiffanyTimbers

Talk slides for my 2019 Statistics Society of Canada (SSC) talk on how the first iteration of the DSCI 100 (Introduction to Data Science) course I taught at UBC in spring 2019.

Relevant links:

• Course GitHub repository: https://github.com/UBC-DSCI/dsci-100

• Example lecture worksheets:

  • worksheet_01
  • worksheet_08

• Course textbook: An Introduction to Data Science by Tiffany Timbers, Melissa Lee