Data 6: Introduction to Computational Thinking with Data Science and Society 📊
UC Berkeley, Summer 2025
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Week 1 Announcements
- Assignments Due
- Using Jupyter Notebooks is due on Tuesday July 8 @ 11 PM
- Pre-Semester Survey is due on Friday, July 11 @ 11 PM
- Introduction to Python is due on Tuesday, July 15 @ 11 PM
- The first day of lecture is July 7th 10-12PM @GPBB 107
Week 1 — Introduction to Python
- Jul 7
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- 1 Introduction, Course Overview
- Slides
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- 2 Jupyter Notebooks, Arithmetic
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading: CIT 1.1, 3.1, SPR 8
- Survey Pre-Semester Survey
- Reading Assignment
- Jul 8
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- 3 Evaluations, Names, and Data Types
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading: PPDS 1.2, CP 1.2, CIT 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1
- Lab 1 Using Jupyter Notebooks
- Jul 9
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- 4 Arrays, NumPy, Indexing, Working with Data
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading: PPDS 5.2, CIT 5.6
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- 5 Introduction to Social Science Research
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Homework 1 Introduction to Python
- Survey Week 01 Survey
- Jul 10
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- 6 Table Fundamentals
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Lab 2 NumPy, Indexing, and Working with Data
- Jul 11
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- Discussion 1 Fractions & Health Data
- Worksheet 01
Week 2 — Functions and Table Methods
- Jul 14
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- 7 Sorting and Filtering Rows
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
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- 8 Functions Part 1
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Reading Assignment
- Jul 15
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- 9 Applying
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Lab 3 Tables and Data
- Jul 16
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- 10 Row Methods, Joining Tables
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
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- 11 Grouping and Pivoting
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Jul 17
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- 12 More Grouping and Pivoting
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Lab 4 Tables
- Homework 2 Table Methods and Functions
- Jul 18
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- Discussion 2 Your Digital Self, Documentation & Table Methods
- Worksheet 02
- Reading Assignment
- Survey Week 02 Survey
Week 3 — Visualization and Grouping
- Jul 21
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- 13 Intro Visualizations
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
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- 14 Visualizing Categorical and Numerical Variables
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Reading Assignment
- Jul 22
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- 15 Bickel Case Study
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
- Lab 5 Introduction to Visualization Methods
- Jul 23
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- 16 Visualizing Two Numerical Variables
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Optional Reading:
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- 17 Maps
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Jul 24
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- 18 Sampling
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Lab 6 Visualizing Two Numerical Variables and Randomness
- Homework 3 Advanced Table Methods and Visualizations
- Jul 25
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- Discussion 3 Functions & Scope, Join & Pivot Methods
- Worksheet 03
- Survey Week 03 Survey
Week 4 — Control and Iteration
- Jul 28
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- 19 Control
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
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- 20 Iteration
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- Reading Assignment
- Jul 29
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- 21 More Iteration
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Lab 7 Functions, Control, Iteration
- Jul 30
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Quiz Quiz 2
- Jul 31
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- 22 File Formats, Dictionaries
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Lab 8 Dictionaries
- Homework 4 Control, Iterations, Strings
- Aug 1
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- Discussion 4 Algorithmic Bias, Visualizations
- Worksheet 04
- Survey Week 04 Survey
Week 5 — Project Work and LLMs
- Aug 4
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- 23 HCE Guest Lecture
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
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- 24 Computational Social Science
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- Project Final Project Part 1
- Project Final Project Part 2
- Aug 5
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- 25 Large Language Models
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- Lab 9 APIs and Prompt Engineering
- Aug 6
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- 26 More LLMs and Prompt Engineering
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- 27 Cohen’s Kappa & Macro F1
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Aug 7
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- 28 TF-IDF
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Lab 10 TF-IDF, Cohen’s Kappa, and Macro F1
- Aug 8
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- Discussion 5 Ethics, Control, Air Quality
- Worksheet 05
- Survey Week 05 Survey
Week 6 — Web, Plotting, and Final Review
- Aug 11
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- 29 Intro to Web Development
- Slides • Demo • Blank Demo
- Aug 12
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- 30 Fun with Plotly
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- Aug 13
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- 31 Final Review
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- Aug 14
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- 32 Conclusion and What’s Next
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- Aug 15
- Final Exam