Topics in Human-Centered Data Science: Data Engineering

Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
Human-Centered Data Science

Catalog Description

Principles and practices in data engineering. Emphasis on the data engineering lifecycle and how to build data pipelines to collect, transform, analyze, and visualize data from multiple source systems. We will discuss data modeling techniques for organizing and managing data. We will look at data as an organizational asset and as a product. We will examine the various roles data engineers can have in an organization and career paths for data professionals.

Instructor Description

Principles and practices in Data Engineering. Emphasis on the data engineering lifecycle and how to build data pipelines to collect, transform, analyze and visualize data from operational systems. This is a hands-on and highly interactive course. Students will learn analytical data modeling techniques for organizing and querying data. They will learn how to transform data into dimensional models, how to build data products, and how to visualize the data. We will also examine the various roles data engineers can have in an organization and career paths for data professionals

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing; Informatics 310D and Informatics 304 (or one of the following approved substitutions: C S 303E, C S 312, C S 312H, C S 313E).
Skills and Knowledge
SQL
Data Modeling
Data Visualization
Topics and Concepts
Data Pipelines
Data Warehouses
Analytical Systems

Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course

No upcoming classes are scheduled for this course.

Past Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
I 320D: Topics in Human-Centered Data Science: Data Engineering

Charles (Chip) Young Syllabus

Fall Term 2024
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 12:30 PM
  • 12:30 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • CBA
  • CBA
  • 4.330
  • 4.330
I 320D: Topics in Human-Centered Data Science: Data Engineering

Charles (Chip) Young Syllabus

Fall Term 2023
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 12:30 PM
  • 12:30 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • 02:00 PM
  • CBA
  • CBA
  • 4.330
  • 4.330
I 320D: Topics in Human-Centered Data Science: Data Engineering

James Howison Syllabus

Fall Term 2022
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 11:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM
  • 12:30 PM
  • 12:30 PM
  • PAR
  • PAR
  • 208
  • 208