Adventures in Data Science
Making data science accessible while building skills for the future
UC Davis DataLab developed Adventures in Data Science (STS 115/195) to expose students from all majors to data science tools and computational thinking while growing an inclusive community of data science learners.
Undergraduates complete a two-quarter learning adventure—from having very little or no computational background to being fully integrated into technical teams working with DataLab’s staff data scientists, postdocs, and graduate students on cutting-edge research projects proposed by UC Davis faculty across disciplines.
Adventures in Data Science aims to:
- expose learners to principles for working with data;
- give them real opportunities to apply computational tools and thinking to tackle novel research questions;
- create low-stakes opportunities for learners to take risks, make mistakes, and network while gaining technical, professional development, communications, and management skills; and
- grow their confidence to help launch them into today’s data-intensive workforce.
Currently offered as STS 115/195, the series launched in the University Honors Program as IST 8x in 2021 with a generous alumni gift.
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