DES-IBM Certificate in Data Science
DES-IBM Certificate in Data Science
DES-IBM Certificate in Data Science
Course Objectives: - The art of uncovering the insights and trends in data has been around
since ancient times. The ancient Egyptians used census data to increase efficiency in tax
collection and they accurately predicted the flooding of the Nile river every year. Since then,
people working in data science have carved out a unique and distinct field for the work they
do, this field is data science. In this course, we will meet some data science practitioners and
we will get an overview of what data science is today. All the Faculty Members participating
in the program will be provided relevant teaching aids after they complete the sessions.
Teaching aids consist of – Instructor Guide, Case Study presentation slide, access to online
IBM Business Analytics @ Campus Portal
Course Pre-requisite
• A familiarity with the basic concepts in programming will be useful for Data Science sessions
Note: - DES-IBM Reserve the right to make changes in course structure and content. change
will be intimated to the participants during the session.
Module 1: Python (20-25 Hrs)
• Introduction to Python,
• Understanding Operators, Variables and Data Types,
• Conditional Statements,
• Looping Constructs, Functions,
• Data Structure, Lists, Dictionaries
• Understanding Standard Libraries in Python, Reading a CSV File in Python
• Data Frames and basic operations with Data Frames, Indexing a Data Frame
• Libraries in Python –
• NumPy,
• SciPy, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn,
• Web development frameworks: Django/Flask
• Introduction to R-studio, mathematical and logical operators in R, Data types and data
structures, simple operations and programs, matrix operations
• Data frames, string operations, factors, handling categorical data, lists and list
operations
• Loops and conditional statements, switch and break function, Apply functions
• Statistical problem solving in R, Visualizations in R
• Hands-on data manipulations: cleaning, sub-setting, sampling, data transformations and
allied data operations
Module 4: Machine Learning (25-30 Hrs)
• Control flow and Pandas: Write conditional constructs to tweak the execution of your
scripts and get to know the Pandas DataFrame: the key data structure for Data Science
in Python.