Schedule
Acknowledgements
Styling and infrastructure for this page inspired by related syllabi produced by Ben Baumer and R. Jordan Crouser.
Tip
All readings for this course will be available in our course Perusall, which is linked in Moodle. I encourage you to complete the readings there so that you can leave comments and questions as they come up.
Calendar View for Major Assignments
September 05, 2025
What is Data Science?
Course slides here
Spinelli Center
Getting Started with Slack
September 08, 2025
Data Fundamentals
Fill out First Day of Class Questionnaire in Moodle
Contact me if you will be using a Chromebook
Create a GitHub account if you don’t have one
Accept SDS 192 Labs Assignment
September 10, 2025
Introduction to R
Getting Started , Ismay, Chester and Albert Y. Kim (2021). Modern Dive: Statistical Inference via Data Science. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
Complete Syllabus Quiz in Perusall
September 12, 2025
Lab: Understanding Datasets
September 15, 2025
Grammar of Graphics
2. Data Visualization , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
September 17, 2025
Visualization Conventions
Lab 1 Due
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
September 19, 2025
Lab: Designing Effective Data Visualizations
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
Lab 2 Instructions
September 22, 2025
Frequency Plots
2. Data Visualization , Ismay, Chester and Albert Y. Kim (2021). Modern Dive: Statistical Inference via Data Science. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
Project 1 Assigned
September 24, 2025
Boxplots
Lab 2 Due
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
September 26, 2025
Lab: Visualizing Data
Group Contract Due
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
September 29, 2025
Introduction to Open Source
Bryan, Jennifer (2018). “Excuse Me, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Version Control?” In: The American Statistician 72.1. Publisher: Taylor & Francis _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2017.1399928, pp. 20-27. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
[ggplot2 cheatsheet](https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/UG/SM/STAT3022/r/current/Misc/data-visualization-2.1.pdf
Lab 3 Instructions
October 01, 2025
Introduction to git and GitHub
Lab 3 Due
October 03, 2025
Lab: Collaborating via GitHub
October 06, 2025
Subsetting Data
3. Data Wrangling , Ismay, Chester and Albert Y. Kim (2021). Modern Dive: Statistical Inference via Data Science. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
October 08, 2025
Aggregating and Summarizing Data
October 10, 2025
Lab: Data Wrangling
Project 1 Due
October 13, 2025
No Class
October 15, 2025
Review
Lab 5 Due
October 17, 2025
Introduction to FEC Data
October 20, 2025
Joining Datasets
5. Data wrangling on multiple tables , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
Project 2 Assigned
Watch Project Intro Video in Perusall
October 22, 2025
Ethics of Data Joining
Self-Scheduled Mid-Term Exam
October 24, 2025
Lab: Joining Datasets
Group Contract Due
October 27, 2025
Tidying Datasets
6. Tidy Data , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
26. Parsing dates and times , list() Read in Perusall
October 29, 2025
Pivoting Datasets
October 31, 2025
Lab: Pivoting and Tidying Datasets
November 03, 2025
Writing Functions
7. Iteration , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
November 05, 2025
Iteration
November 07, 2025
Lab: Programming in R
Project 2 Due
November 10, 2025
Map Projections and Spatial Thinking
17. Working with geospatial data (17.1-17.3) , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
November 12, 2025
Introduction to Leaflet
November 14, 2025
Lab: Mapping Point Data in Leaflet
November 17, 2025
Polygon Mapping in Leaflet
17. Working with geospatial data (17.4-17.8) , Baumer, Benjamin S., Daniel T. Kaplan, and Nicholas J. Horton (2021). Modern Data Science with R. 2nd. CRC Press. (Visited on Jan. 14, 2022). Read in Perusall
Project 3 Assigned
MP3 Template Your team name should be a string with your team members’ last names.
November 19, 2025
How to Lie with Maps
November 21, 2025
Lab: Mapping Polygon Data with Leaflet
Group Contract Due
November 24, 2025
Review
November 26, 2025
No Class
November 28, 2025
No Class
December 01, 2025
Working with APIs
December 03, 2025
Advanced APIs
December 05, 2025
Lab: Working with APIs
December 08, 2025
Work on Group Projects in Class
December 10, 2025
Wrap-up
Project 3 Due