Data 6: Introduction to Computational Thinking with Data Science and Society πŸ“Š

UC Berkeley, Summer 2026

Ed Gradescope

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
Homework 1Introduction to Python
Survey Pre-Semester Survey (due 7/10)
Reading Reading 1 (due 7/9)
Tue, Jul 07
Lab 1Using Jupyter Notebooks
Wed, Jul 08
Homework 2Arrays and Table Fundamentals
Thu, Jul 09
Lab 2Python Names
Fri, Jul 10
Survey Survey 1 (due 7/17)
Reading Reading 2 (due 7/16)

Week 2

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

Week 3: Pandas and API

Mon, Jul 20
Homework-dueVisualizations
Project 1Education, Admissions, and Simpson’s Paradox (due 7/30)
Tue, Jul 21
Lab 5Introduction to Visualization Methods
Wed, Jul 22
Homework 5Functions and Conditionals
Homework-dueFunctions, Algorithms, and Measurements
Thu, Jul 23
Lab 6Grouping, Pivoting, and Joining
Fri, Jul 24
Discussion 5Gini Coefficient
Survey Survey 3 (due 7/31)
Reading Reading 4 (due 7/30)

Week 4: Surveys and RCTs

Mon, Jul 27
Tue, Jul 28
Lecture 14 Review
Lab 7Functions and Conditionals
Wed, Jul 29
QUIZ 2Visualizations and Distributions
Homework-dueFunctions and Conditionals
Project Final Project Part A (due 8/7)
Thu, Jul 30
Lab 8Iteration
Fri, Jul 31
Survey Survey 4 (due 8/7)
Reading Reading 5 (due 8/6)

Week 5: Visualization

Mon, Aug 03
Project Final Project Part B (due 8/12)
Tue, Aug 04
Lab 9APIs, Prompt Engineering
Wed, Aug 05
Thu, Aug 06
Lab 10TF-IDF, Cohen's Kappa, Macro F1
Fri, Aug 07
Survey Survey 5 (due 8/13)
Reading Reading 6 (due 8/13)

Week 6

Mon, Aug 10
Tue, Aug 11
Lecture 22 Guest Lecture
Wed, Aug 12
Lecture 23 Review
Thu, Aug 13
Fri, Aug 14
Exam Final Exam

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