Principles of Data Science
DSC 10, Summer 2025 at UC San Diego

Week 1 – Python Basics and Introduction to DataFrames
- Mon Jun 30
LEC 1 Introduction, Expressions, and Data Types
Keywords: data science, course structure, policies, syllabus, Little Women demo, variables, assignments, ints, floats- Tue Jul 1
LEC 2 Strings, String Methods, Lists, and Arrays
Keywords: strings, lists, arraysSUR Welcome Survey
- Wed Jul 2
- Thu Jul 3
- Fri Jul 4
No Lecture (Fourth of July 🎆)
- Sun Jul 6
LAB 1 Arrays and DataFrames
Week 2 – Data Visualization and Probability
Week 3 – Simulation, Sampling, Confidence Intervals, Midterm
Week 4 – The Normal Distribution, Central Limit Theorem, Hypothesis Testing
- Mon Jul 21
LEC 11 Standardization and the Normal Distribution, Introduction to the Central Limit Theorem
QUIZ 3 Quiz 3 covers Lectures 8-10
- Tue Jul 22
LEC 12, Part 1 Central Limit Theorem Continued
LEC 12, Part 2 Sample Sizes and Statistical Models
- Wed Jul 23
- Fri Jul 25
LEC 14, Part 1 Total Variation Distance
LEC 14, Part 2 Permutation Testing
Week 5 – Simulation, Sampling, and Confidence Intervals
- Mon Jul 28
LEC 15, Part 1 Permutation Testing Continued
QUIZ 4 Quiz 4 covers Lectures 12-15
LAB 6 Hypothesis Testing
- Tue Jul 29
- Wed Jul 30
LEC 17 Residuals and Inference
LAB 7 Regression
- Fri Aug 1
LEC 18 Final Review
- Sat Aug 2
EXAM Final Exam (8AM to 11AM)
PROJ Final Project