DATASCIENCECAREERTRACK

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Introduction

DataScienceisoneofthefastestgrowingfieldsofthisdecade.Thereisan
explosionofdatafuelledbycheapandubiquitousstorageofeverythingfrom
personalandhealthrecords,everysingleactiononmillionsofwebsites,mobiles,
sensors,businesstransactionsandsoon.Wenowneedtechnologiesthathelp
usmakesenseofthisdata,andbecomemoreintelligentinourdecisions.Thatis
themandateofthefieldofDataScience.

LearningDataScienceisperhapsthebestcareerinvestmentyoucanmakeright
now.AccordingtoLinkedIn,StatisticalAnalysis&DataMiningwere
thehottestskillsthatgotrecruitersattentionlastyear.

SpringboardsDataScienceCareerTrackisourmostintensivecoursetodate--at
180+hours,itincludeseverythingthatstaughtinourDataScienceIntensive
workshop,withmoreadvancedtopicsandcareer-specificresources,1-on-1
sessionswithcareercoaches,mockinterviewsand24/7dedicatedcommunity
managerstohelpyousucceed.Infact,wearesoconfidentthisprogramcan
launchyouintoaDataSciencecareerthatwewillrefundyourtuitionif
youdontfindajobwithin6monthsofgraduating!

HowItWorks
Whenyouenrollinthiscourse,
Onlinecurriculum:youwillgetahigh-qualityonlinecurriculum,which
containsthebestDataScienceresourceshand-pickedfromtheweband
structuredintoalogicalcurriculumbyaDataScienceexpert.
Studentadvisor:willtalkwithyouaboutyourlearningobjectivesand
preferencesforamentor,andfindthebest1-1mentormatch
accordingly.Theywillsupportyouthroughoutthecourse.
Dedicatedcommunitymanagers:whowillbereadytohelpwhenever
youarestuckwiththelearningmaterialorneedaquickreviewofyour
projects.

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 1-on-1mentorcalls:asyouworkthroughthecurriculumandprojectsat
yourownpace,youwillhave1-1videocallswithyourmentoreveryweek.
Youcanaskthemquestionsaboutthecurriculum,getprojectfeedbackor
careeradvice.
Coursecommunity:inadditiontoyourweeklymentorcalls,you'llhave
accesstoweeklyliveOfficeHoursandanexclusivecommunityof
mentorsandstudentsfordiscussionswiththebroadercommunity.
Careerservices:weprovidecareermaterialatstrategicpointsbothin
thecurriculumaswellasviacallswithourexpertcareersupportcoach.
Certification:onceyoufinishthecoursematerialandsubmitthe
CapstoneProject,youwillgetacertificateofcompletion.
Jobguarantee:getajobofferwithin6monthsofgraduating,oryouget
100%ofyourtuitionrefunded.Eligibilitycriteriaandtermshere.

Syllabus

EachmodulewillcoverakeyaspectofDataScienceandhaveacombinationof
materials:lectures,theory,codingexercises,reading/viewingexercises,and
career-relatedcoursework.Therecommendedtimeallocationisbasedonatotal
of200hoursofwork,andcanbescaledaccordingtostudentneeds.

ProgrammingTools(10+hours)

Pythonisoneofthelanguagesthathasbecomethelinguafrancaofdatascience
(theotherbeingR).Inthismodule,you'lllearntoprograminPythonandstart
usinganecosystemofusefulandpowerfulPython-basedtoolsfordoingdata
scienceandbuildinganonlineportfolio.

TopicsCovered:
1. Pythonthepowerfulandelegantprogramminglanguage.
2. iPythonNotebook-aninteractiveprogrammingenvironment,thatallows
forcoding,dataexploration,anddebugginginthewebbrowser.
3. Pandas-extendsPythonwithdatastructuresandoperationsfordata
manipulationandanalysis.

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 4. Matplotlib,Seaborn,ggplot-visualizationtoolsinPython
5. Onlineportfolio-getstartedwithGitandGithub

DataWrangling(17+hours)
Itisestimatedthatdatascientistsinindustryspendthemosttimeondata
wranglingi.e.cleaningtherawdataandgettingitintoaformatamenablefor
analysis,usuallywiththehelpofsemi-automatedtools.Inthismodule,you'll
learnthemostcommontoolsandworkflowsinPythonthatmakethisnormally
oneroustaskasnap.

TopicsCovered:
1. DeepdiveintoPandasfordatawrangling.
2. Datainfiles:Workwithavarietyofsourcesfrom
unstructured/semi-structuredtextfiles(.txt)to
delimited/structured/nestedformatfileslikeexcel,csv,json,xmletc.
3. DatainDatabases:GetanoverviewofrelationalandNoSQLdatabases
andpracticedatamanipulationwithSQL.

DataStory(9+hours)
Ifthere'sonethingthatmostdatascientistswouldhavelovedtoknowbefore
theyenteredthefield,it'sthatdatascienceisnotjustaboutthemath,the
algorithmsandtheanalysis,it'salsoabouttellingagoodstory.Inreallife,data
scientistsdon'tworkinavacuum-there'salwaysaclient,internalorexternal,
waitingontheresultsoftheirwork.
Adatastoryisapowerfulwaytopresentinsightstoyourclients,combining
visualizationsandtextintoanarrative.Butstorytellingisanart,andneeds
creativity.Thissectionwilltrytogetyourcreativejuicesflowingbysuggesting
someinterestingquestionsyoucanaskofyourdataset,andafewplotting
techniquesyoucanusetorevealinsights.

InferentialStatistics(13+hours)

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Statisticsisthemathematicalfoundationofdatascience.Withinstatistics,
inferentialstatisticsisasetoftechniquesthathelpsusidentifysignificanttrends
andcharacteristicsofadataset.Notonlyisitusefultoexplorethedataandtell
agoodstory,butalsoopensthewayfordeeperanalysisandactualpredictive
modeling.Inthismodule,wecoverseveralimportantinferentialstatistics
techniquesindetail.

TopicsCovered:
1. Theoryandapplicationofinferentialstatistics
2. Parameterestimation
3. Hypothesistesting
4. Statisticalsignificance
5. Correlationandregression
6. A/Btesting

MachineLearning(53+hours)
MachineLearningcombinesaspectsofcomputerscienceandstatisticstoextract
usefulinsightsandpredictionsfromdata.MachineLearningiswhatletsusmake
usefulpredictionsandrecommendations,orautomaticallyfindgroupsand
categoriesincomplexdatasets.Inthismodule,we'llcoverthemajorkindsof
machinelearningalgorithms(supervisedandunsupervised),withseveral
techniqueswithineachofthem.You'lllearnwhenthesealgorithmsareuseful,
theassumptionstheyincorporate,thetradeoffstheyinvolveandthevarious
metricsyoucanusetoevaluatehowwellyouralgorithmperforms.

TopicsCovered:
1. Scikit-learn
2. Supervisedandunsupervisedlearning
3. Fundamentals:Regression,NaiveBayes,SVM,Decisiontrees,Clustering
4. Advanced:Recommendersystems,Anomalydetection,Timeseries
analysis
5. Featureengineering
6. Bestpracticesforapplyingmachinelearning
7. Validationandevaluationofmachinelearning

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AdvancedVisualizationTechniques(5+hours)
Haveyouseenthestunninginteractivevisualizationsonnewswebsitessuchas
NewYorkTimesorFiveThirtyEight?Haveyouwonderedhowthosearecreated?
Theseadvancedinteractivevisualizationsnotonlylookgreatandshowyour
skills,butarealsoexcellenttoolsforexploringcomplex,high-dimensionaldata
sets.

TopicsCovered:
1. D3.js
2. Seaborn
3. Bokeh
4. Plotly

DataScienceatScale(10+hours)
Intherealworld,yourdatadoesn'talwaysresideinCSVfilesorfitintothe
memoryofyourlaptop.ThisistheageofBigData,wheresolvingamachine
learningproblemmightrequireanalyzingterabytesofdataacrosshundredsof
machines.Whenyourdatagetsrealbig,youwillneedtouseclustercomputing.
ApacheSparkisapopularandpowerfulclustercomputingframeworkfor
workingwithdataatscale.

TopicsCovered:
1. IntrotoBigData
2. MapReduce
3. Spark
4. MLib

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CapstoneProject:BuildingaDataProduct(25hours)
TheCapstoneProjectisakeypartofourcurriculumthateverystudentmust
complete.Theprojectisdesignedtoprovideyouwiththeexperienceofworking
inarealisticdatasciencescenario.Workingwithyourmentor,you'llpickadata
setandaproblemofinterest.Fromthestarttothefinish,yourprojectwillbe
targetedtoaspecificclient(realorimaginary).Usingthedatasciencetechniques
you'velearned,you'llnotonlycomeupwithareasonablesolutiontothe
problem,butlearntopresentittothemasacompellingstory.

Workonacapstoneprojectthatinvolvesthefollowing:
1. Formulatingaproblembasedonexploratorydataanalysis.
2. Buildingamodelandtransformingdatasothatitcanbeinputtoan
algorithm.
3. Iterativelyevaluatingperformance,andadaptingmodel/datainputto
figureoutifmoredataoradifferentalgorithmisneededtobestsolvethe
problem.

CareerResources(35+hours)
Weprovidecareermaterialatstrategicpointsbothinthecurriculumaswellas
viacallswithourexpertcareersupportcoach.We'llhelpyoucreateatailoredjob
searchstrategybasedonyourbackgroundandgoals,teachyouhowtoevaluate
companiesandroles,showyouhowtoeffectivelygetandaceinterviews,and
negotiateanabove-marketsalary.

TopicsCovered:
1. Anatomyofatechcompany
2. Jobsearchstrategiesthattopcandidatesuse
3. Howtobuildyournetworkandeffectivelyuseittolandinterviews
4. Createahigh-qualityresume,LinkedInprofileandcoverletter
5. Interviewcoachingandpractice,includingmockinterviewsforboth
technicalandnon-technicaltopics
6. Negotiationsuccesstips

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