CISC 251  Data Analytics  Units: 3.00  
Introduction to data analytics; data preparation; assessing performance; prediction methods such as decision trees, random forests, support vector machines, neural networks and rules; ensemble methods such as bagging and boosting; clustering techniques such as expectation-maximization, matrix decompositions, and bi-clustering; attribute selection.
Learning Hours: 120  (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 60 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite   A cumulative GPA of a 1.70 or higher. 
Exclusion   CISC 333; CMPE 333.
Recommended   Experience with problem solving in any discipline.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
