Data 6: Introduction to Computational Thinking with Data Science and Society 📊

UC Berkeley, Fall 2026

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Week 8 Announcement

Oct 11

Office Hours

• Please ring the doorbell to let John or JP know you are there for your appointment
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
• JP will not have office hours on Wednesday this week
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
  • JP has now also opened zoom appointments from 5-6pm on Mondays and Wednesdays, but only Monday this week
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 8 Assignments

• Homework 3 is due at 11:59pm on October 14th

Week 7 Announcement

Oct 4

Office Hours

• Please ring the doorbell to let John or JP know you are there for your appointment
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
• JP (SOCS 350J) from 2pm - 3pm on Wednesdays
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 6 Announcement

Sep 27

Office Hours

• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
• JP (SOCS 350J) from 2pm - 3pm on Wednesdays
  • To reduce waiting outside my office, JP will now offer appointments during office hours
  • Book an appointment here for a 30 min appointment
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 5 Announcement

Sep 20

Office Hours

• JP (SOCS 350J) from 2pm - 3pm on Wednesdays
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 5 Assignments

• Homework 2 is due at 11:59pm on September 23rd
• Discussion and Lab will be quiz 1 review. Bring your questions.

Week 4 Announcement

Sep 13

Office Hours

• This week only, JP will have office hours (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Monday.
  • Next week, it will go back to Wednesdays.
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 3 Assignments

• Homework 2 is due at 11:59pm on September 23rd
• Reading 3 is due at 11:59pm on September 17th
• Lab 4 is due 11:59pm on September 20th

Week 3 Announcement

Sep 6

Office Hours

• JP (SOCS 350J) from 2pm - 3pm on Wednesdays
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Week 3 Assignments

• Homework 1 is due at 11:59pm on September 9th
• Reading 2 is due at 11:59pm on September 10th

Week 2 Announcement

Aug 31

Office Hours

• JP (SOCS 350J) from 2pm - 3pm on Wednesdays
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Lab Extended Due Date & Week 2 Assignments

• Lab 1 is due at 11:59pm on August 31th
• Reading 1 is due at 11:59pm on September 3rd
• Lab 02 is due at 11:59pm on September 4th

Week 1 Announcement

Aug 26

Office Hours

• JP (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• John (SOCS 350J) from 12pm - 2pm on Mondays
• Brandon (Gateway B1040E) from 12:30pm - 2pm on Thursdays

Discussion & Lab Due

• Discussion 1 is due at 11:59pm on August 28th
• Lab 1 is due at 11:59pm on August 28th

Week 0 Announcement

Aug 28

Welcome to Data 6, we’re excited to have you!

Week 1

Fri, Aug 28

Discussion 1Introductions & Data Science Lab 1Notebooks

Discussion Discussion 1 (due 8/28 by 11:59pm) Survey Survey 1 (due 8/31 by 11:59pm)

Week 2

Mon, Aug 31	Lecture 1Data Types, Arrays, & NumPy Homework 1Introduction to Python and Jupyter (due 9/9 by 11:59pm) Reading 1Notes 01; O'Neil Weapons of Math Destruction Ch. 3 (due 9/3 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Sep 02
Fri, Sep 04	Discussion 2Weapons of Math Destruction Lab 2Python Names, Strings, & Arrays

Week 3

Mon, Sep 07	Holiday - No Lecture Reading 2Demystifying Research Paradigms (due 9/10 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Sep 09	Homework-dueIntroduction to Python and Jupyter
Fri, Sep 11	Discussion 3Reflexivity Lab 3Reflexivity, Paradigms, and You

Week 4

Mon, Sep 14	Lecture 2Table Fundamentals Homework 2Arrays and Table Fundamentals (due 9/23 by 11:59pm) Reading 3Reading 3 (due 9/17 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Sep 16
Fri, Sep 18	Discussion 4Documentation, Array Operations and Table Methods Lab 4Print, Arrays, & Tables

Week 5

Mon, Sep 21	Lecture 3Booleans, Table Filtering, and Table Grouping Project 1Project 1 (due 10/5 by 11:59pm) Reading 4Reading 4 (due 9/24 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Sep 23	Homework-dueArrays and Table Fundamentals
Fri, Sep 25	Discussion 5Quiz 1 Review Lab 5Quiz 1 Review

Week 6

Mon, Sep 28	Lecture 4Visualizations QUIZQuiz 1 Reading 5Reading 5 (due 10/1 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Sep 30
Fri, Oct 02	Discussion 6Visualizations Lab 6Visualizations

Week 7

Mon, Oct 05	Lecture 5Variables Homework 3Visualizations & Variables (due 10/14 by 11:59pm) Reading 6Reading 6 (due 10/8 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Oct 07
Fri, Oct 09	Discussion 7Food Safety Lab 7Food Safety Continued

Week 8

Mon, Oct 12	Lecture 6Histograms, Box Plots, and Summary Statistics Reading 7Reading 7 (due 10/15 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Oct 14	Homework-dueVisualizations & Variables
Fri, Oct 16	Discussion 8Summary Statistics & Visualizations Lab 8Summary Statistics & Visualizations

Week 9

Mon, Oct 19	Lecture 7Control: Conditionals & Iteration Reading 8Reading 8 (due 10/22 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Oct 21
Fri, Oct 23	Discussion 9Quiz 2 Review Lab 9Iterations

Week 10

Mon, Oct 26	Lecture 8beautifulsoup QUIZQuiz 2 Project 2Project 2 Reading 9Reading 9 (due 10/29 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Oct 28
Fri, Oct 30	Discussion 10Iterations & Algorithms Lab 10beautifulsoup

Week 11

Mon, Nov 02	Lecture 9File Formats, Dictionaries, JSON, & Beautiful Soup Homework 4Dictionaries (due 11/4 by 11:59pm) Reading 10Reading 10 (due 11/5 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Nov 04
Fri, Nov 06	Discussion 11Dictionaries Lab 11File formats & Dictionaries

Week 12

Mon, Nov 09	Lecture 10Functions, Scope, & Apply Reading 11Reading 11 (due 11/12 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Nov 11	Homework-dueDictionaries
Fri, Nov 13	Discussion 12Functions Lab 12Functions

Week 13

Mon, Nov 16	Lecture 11Pivots & Joining Homework 5Functions and Conditionals (due 11/25 by 11:59pm) Project Final Project (Written) Reading 12Reading 12 (due 11/19 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Nov 18
Fri, Nov 20	Discussion 13Data Privacy Lab 13Pivots, Joins, & Measurement

Week 14

Mon, Nov 23	Lecture 12Computational Social Science Project Final Project (Code)
Wed, Nov 25	Homework-dueFunctions and Conditionals
Fri, Nov 27	Holiday - No lab

Week 15

Mon, Nov 30	Lecture 13Generative AI & Natural Language Processes Reading 13Reading 13 (due 12/3 by 11:59pm)
Wed, Dec 02
Fri, Dec 04	Discussion 14Final Project Working Time Lab 14Final Project Working Time

Week 16

Mon, Dec 07	RRR Week
Wed, Dec 09
Fri, Dec 11	RRR Week

Week 17

Mon, Dec 14	Finals Week Exam Final Exam (8am - 11am; Location TBD)
Wed, Dec 16
Fri, Dec 18	Finals Week