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

Name: Berkeley Class Site
Author: Data 6 Staff

UC Berkeley, Summer 2026

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!

Mon, Jul 06	Lecture 1 Introduction, Course Overview, Jupyter Notebooks, Arithmetic Homework 1Introduction to Python	Survey Pre-Semester Survey (due 7/10) Reading Reading 1 (due 7/9)
Tue, Jul 07	Lecture 2 Evaluations, Names, and Data Types Lab 1Using Jupyter Notebooks
Wed, Jul 08	Lecture 3 NumPy, Indexing, Working with Data, Variables and Units of Analysis Homework 2Arrays and Table Fundamentals
Thu, Jul 09	Lecture 4 Table Fundamentals I Lab 2Python Names
Fri, Jul 10	Discussion 1WMD, Names, Operations Discussion 2Documentation, Array Operations, & Table Methods	Survey Survey 1 (due 7/17) Reading Reading 2 (due 7/16)

Mon, Jul 13	Lecture 5 Table Fundamentals II, Filtering and Boolean Predicates Homework 3Visualizations Homework-dueIntroduction to Python
Tue, Jul 14	Lecture 6 Functions and Scope Lab 3Print, Arrays, and Tables
Wed, Jul 15	Lecture 7 Intro to Visualization QUIZ 1Python Names, Variables, Tables Homework 4Functions, Algorithms, and Measurements Homework-dueArrays and Table Fundamentals
Thu, Jul 16	Lecture 8 Guest Lecture Lab 4San Francisco Food Safety
Fri, Jul 17	Discussion 3Quiz 1 Retro Discussion 4Tables and Variables	Survey Survey 2(due 7/24) Reading Reading 3 (due 7/23)

Mon, Jul 20	Lecture 9 Populations and Histograms, Summary Statistics Homework-dueVisualizations Project 1Education, Admissions, and Simpson’s Paradox (due 7/30)
Tue, Jul 21	Lecture 10 Measurements, Validity, Reliability Lab 5Introduction to Visualization Methods
Wed, Jul 22	Lecture 11 Row Methods, Joining Tables, Grouping Homework 5Functions and Conditionals 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 Survey 3 (due 7/31) Reading Reading 4 (due 7/30)

Mon, Jul 27	Lecture 13 Control: Conditionals and Iteration
Tue, Jul 28	Lecture 14 Review Lab 7Functions and Conditionals
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 Survey 4 (due 8/7) Reading Reading 5 (due 8/6)

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 Survey 5 (due 8/13) Reading Reading 6 (due 8/13)

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