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

UC Berkeley, Summer 2026

Ed Gradescope

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Week 3 Announcement

Jul 15

1. Assignments Due
   • Week 02 Survey is due on Monday, July 20th @ 11:59 PM
   • HW 03 is out and due Tuesday, July 21 @ 11:59 PM with a 24-hour grace period
   • HW04 is out and due Wednesday, July 22 @ 11:59 PM with a 24-hour grace period
   • Reading 03 is due Thursday, July 23rd @ 11:59 PM
2. Resources
   • Check out our office hours, now in the SLC!
   • Please post your questions on Ed

Week 2 Announcement

Jul 15

1. Assignments Due
   • HW 02 is due Wednesday, July 15 @ 11:59 PM with a 24-hour grace period
   • Reading 02 is due Thursday, July 16 @ 11:59 PM
   • Week 02 Survey is due on Friday, July 17 @ 11:59 PM
   • HW 03 is out and due Tuesday, July 21 @ 11:59 PM with a 24-hour grace period
   • HW04 is out and due Wednesday, July 22 @ 11:59 PM with a 24-hour grace period
2. Resources
   • Check out our office hours, now in the SLC!
   • Please post your questions on Ed

Week 0 Announcement

Jul 1

Welcome to Data 6, we’re excited to have you! We’ll see you all for our first lecture on July 6th, until then, enjoy your summer!

Week 1: Introduction

Mon, Jul 06	Lecture 1 Introduction, Course Overview, Jupyter Notebooks, Arithmetic	Survey Welcome Survey (due 7/10) Reading Reading 1 (due 7/9)
Tue, Jul 07	Lecture 2 Evaluations, Names, and Data Types Lab 1Using Jupyter Notebooks Homework 1Introduction to Python (due 7/14)
Wed, Jul 08	Lecture 3 Working with Data, Variables and Units of Analysis + Arrays and NumPy Homework 2Arrays and Table Fundamentals (due 7/15)
Thu, Jul 09	Lecture 4 Table Fundamentals I Lab 2Arrays and Tables
Fri, Jul 10	Discussion 1Weapons of Math Destruction Discussion 2Array Operations & Table Methods	Survey Week 02 Survey (due 7/17) Reading Reading 2 (due 7/16)

Week 2

Mon, Jul 13	Lecture 5 Filtering and Boolean Predicates and Functions
Tue, Jul 14	Lecture 6 Apply and Scope Lab 3Quiz 1 Review Homework 3Tables and Functions (due 7/21) Homework-dueIntroduction to Python
Wed, Jul 15	Lecture 7 Intro to Visualization QUIZ 1Python Names, Variables, Tables Homework 4Visualizations (due 7/22) Homework-dueArrays and Table Fundamentals
Thu, Jul 16	Lecture 8 Guest Lecture-Dr. Emma Pierson Lab 4San Francisco Food Safety
Fri, Jul 17	Discussion 3Quiz 1 Retros Discussion 4Data Visualization	Survey Week 03 Survey (due 7/20) Reading Reading 3 (due 7/23)

Week 3: Pandas and API

Mon, Jul 20	Lecture 9 Histograms, Summary Statistics, Grouping Project 1Education, Admissions, and Simpson’s Paradox (due 7/30)
Tue, Jul 21	Lecture 10 Measurements, Validity, Reliability Lab 5Data Visualizations Homework-dueVisualizations
Wed, Jul 22	Lecture 11 Conditionals and Containers Homework-dueFunctions, Algorithms, and Measurements
Thu, Jul 23	Lecture 12 Pivoting and Joining Lab 6Grouping, Pivoting, and Joining
Fri, Jul 24	Discussion 5Gini Coefficient Discussion 6Visualizations, Algorithmic Bias	Survey Week 04 Survey (due 7/31) Reading Reading 4 (due 7/30)

Week 4: Surveys and RCTs

Mon, Jul 27	Lecture 13 Control: Conditionals and Iteration
Tue, Jul 28	Lecture 14 Review Lab 7Functions and Conditionals Homework 5Functions and Conditionals (due 8/3)
Wed, Jul 29	Lecture 15 Higher Order Functions QUIZ 2Visualizations and Distributions Homework-dueFunctions and Conditionals Project Final Project Part A (due 8/7)
Thu, Jul 30	Lecture 16 File Formats, Dictionaries Lab 8Iteration
Fri, Jul 31	Discussion 7Control, Iteration, Dictionaries Discussion 8Navigating Ethics and Impact in Data Visualization	Survey Week 05 Survey (due 8/7) Reading Reading 5 (due 8/6)

Week 5: Visualization

Mon, Aug 03	Lecture 17 Computational Social Science Project Final Project Part B (due 8/12)
Tue, Aug 04	Lecture 18 Qualitative Coding, Cohen’s Kappa Lab 9APIs, Prompt Engineering
Wed, Aug 05	Lecture 19 LLMs, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Thu, Aug 06	Lecture 20 LLMs and Society Lab 10TF-IDF, Cohen's Kappa, Macro F1
Fri, Aug 07	Discussion 9LLMs, Social Science Discussion 10TF-IDF, Cohen's Kappa, Macro F1	Survey Week 06 Survey (due 8/13) Reading Reading 6 (due 8/13)

Week 6

Mon, Aug 10	Lecture 21 Randomness, Simulations
Tue, Aug 11	Lecture 22 Guest Lecture
Wed, Aug 12	Lecture 23 Review
Thu, Aug 13	Lecture 24 Conclusion, Staff AMA
Fri, Aug 14	Exam Final Exam