This course guide outlines a 10-week beginner online data science program from BrightPath Academy, starting from zero coding experience. It covers the weekly topics from thinking in questions to presenting findings, graduate outcomes, and success tips.
This document is a course guide for the Intro to Data Science program offered by BrightPath Academy. It is designed for beginners with no coding experience, providing a structured 10-week online course that starts from the basics and progresses to presenting data findings.
The guide details the ten weekly topics: Thinking in questions, Spreadsheets to Python, Cleaning messy data, Averages and spread, Charts that tell the truth, Correlation not causation, Your first model, Testing what you built, Project week, and Presenting your findings.
It includes graduate outcome statistics: 42% in analyst roles, 23% in further study, 21% in the same job with new skills, 8% started a business, and 6% other. Success tips are provided, such as blocking three hours weekly, doing exercises, asking in the forum, and picking a project topic of interest.
A graduate testimonial is featured, and the guide notes that the next cohort starts soon, emphasizing a ten-week commitment with three hours per week.