Data Scientist

Syllabus

Each course lasts two weeks or three weeks and represents 9 months
approximately 40 hours of study.

1 Basic Python

Your introduction to the world of data science! Key concepts and 3 weeks,

basic syntax in Python. Loops, conditions, and functions. The 
 40 hours

pandas library for data analysis. Your first analytical case study,
followed by your first project.

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Chapter 1. Variables, Printing, Data Types, and Arithmetic Operations

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Chapter 2. Strings

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Chapter 3. Lists

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Chapter 4. for Loops

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Chapter 5. Nested Lists

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Chapter 6. Conditions and Loops

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Chapter 7. Creating Functions

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Chapter 8. Dictionaries

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Chapter 9. pandas for Data Analysis

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Chapter 10. Data Preprocessing

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Chapter 11. Analyzing Data and Presenting Results

• Chapter 12. A Quick Overview of the Jupyter Notebook

 Data Preprocessing
+1 project for 

2 Compensating for less-than-perfect data. Handling missing your portfolio

and duplicate values. Changing data types. Systems thinking 3 weeks, 40 hours
for analysts.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Preprocessing

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Chapter 2. Working with Missing and Duplicate Values

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Chapter 3. Changing Data Types

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Chapter 4. Categorizing Data

• Chapter 5. Systems and Critical Thinking for Analysts

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

+1 project for 

3 Performing initial scans to detect patterns in data. Building your portfolio

basic graphs and generating your first hypotheses.

3 weeks, 40 hours

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

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Chapter 2. First Graphs and Conclusions

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Chapter 3. Data Slices

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Chapter 4. Working with Several Data Sources

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Chapter 5. Relationships Between Datasets

• Chapter 6. Validating Results

Statistical Data Analysis

+1 project for 

4 Probability theory, the most common distributions, and
your portfolio

3 weeks, 40 hours
statistical methods in Python. Sampling and statistical
significance. Identifying and handling anomalies.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis

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Chapter 2. Descriptive Statistics

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Chapter 3. Probability Theory

• Chapter 4. Testing Hypotheses

Integrated Project 1
+1 project for 

5 Identify patterns to help you determine whether a given video your portfolio

game will be commercially successful or not. 1 week, 20 hours

1-week break
6 Data Collection and Storage (SQL)
+1 project for 

How databases are structured and how to pull data from your portfolio

them using SQL queries. Finding data online.

2 weeks, 40 hours

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Collection and Storage (SQL)

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Chapter 2. Retrieving Data from Online Resources

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Chapter 3. SQL as a Tool for Working with Data

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Chapter 4. Advanced SQL Features for Analysis

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Chapter 5. Relationships Between Tables

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Chapter 6. Soft Skills

• Bonus Chapter: PySpark


+1 project for 

Introduction to Machine Learning

7 Mastering the basics of machine learning. How the scikit-

your portfolio

2 weeks, 40 hours
learn library works and how to apply it in your very first
machine learning project.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Machine Learning

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Chapter 2. Training Your First Model

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Chapter 3. Model Quality

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Chapter 4. Model Improvement

• Chapter 5. Moving on to Regression


+1 project for 

Supervised Learning

8 your portfolio

Diving into the most in-demand area of machine learning.

2 weeks, 40 hours
How to tune machine learning models, improve metrics, and
work with imbalanced data.

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Chapter 1. Introduction to Supervised Learning

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Chapter 2. Feature Preparation

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Chapter 3. Classification Metrics

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Chapter 4. Imbalanced Classification

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Chapter 5. Regression Metrics

• Chapter 6. Soft Skills

9 Machine Learning in Business

+1 project for 

Applying what you’ve learned to business tasks. Discover your portfolio

business metrics, A/B testing, the bootstrapping technique, 2 weeks, 40 hours

and data labeling.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Business Metrics

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Chapter 3. Implementing New Functionality

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Chapter 4. Data Collection

• Chapter 5. Soft Skills

10 Integrated Project 2
+1 project for

Prepare a prototype of a machine learning model to help your portfolio

a mining company develop efficient solutions.

1 week, 20 hours

1-week break
Linear Algebra
+1 project for 

Taking a deeper look at some algorithms you’ve already your portfolio

11 studied and understanding how to apply them. Key concepts 2 weeks, 40 hours
in linear algebra: vectors, matrices, and linear regression.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Vectors and Vector Operations

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Chapter 3. Distance Between Vectors

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Chapter 4. Matrices and Matrix Operations

• Chapter 5. Linear Regression from the Inside

Numerical Methods
+1 project for 

12 Analyzing a number of algorithms that use numerical your portfolio

methods and applying them to practical tasks. Gradient 2 weeks, 40 hours

descent, gradient boosting, and neural networks.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Algorithm Analysis

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Chapter 3. Gradient Descent

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Chapter 4. Gradient Descent Training

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Chapter 5. Gradient Boosting

• Chapter 6. Soft Skills

13 Тime Series
+1 project for 

Exploring the time series. Understanding trends, your portfolio

seasonality, and feature creation.

2 weeks, 40 hours

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Time Series Analysis

• Chapter 3. Time Series Forecasting

Machine Learning for Texts

+1 project for 

14 Applying machine learning to text data. Finding out how your portfolio

to convert text into numbers and how to use bag-of-words, 2 weeks, 40 hours
TF-IDF, as well as embeddings and BERT.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Text Vectorization

• Chapter 3. Language Representations

Computer Vision
+1 project for 

15 How to handle simple computer vision tasks using premade your portfolio

neural networks and the Keras library. A quick look at deep 2 weeks, 40 hours
learning.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Fully Connected Networks

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Chapter 3. Convolutional Neural Networks

• Chapter 4. Soft Skills

Unsupervised Learning
2 weeks, 40 hours
16 Figuring out what to do when you have no target features.
Handling clustering tasks and looking for anomalies.

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Chapter 1. Course Introduction

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Chapter 2. Clustering

• Chapter 3. Search for Anomalies

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Final Project
your portfolio

17 Apply everything you’ve learned in a two-week bootcamp 2 weeks, 40 hours

that simulates the experience of working as a junior data
scientist.
Career help
In addition to the main educational course, our career help is divided
into three parts: the Career Prep Course, Career Acceleration Program,
and the Apiary projects.

Career Prep Course

40 hours 

This is a course devoted to preparing for life after Practicum. During + Resume, LinkedIn
this course, you will learn how to create a resume, a LinkedIn profile, and Github profiles
and a GitHub account, along with improving networking and
interviewing skills. This course is self-paced and ends with a final
task. We’ll also perform a review of your career artifacts.

1 Resume

Learn how to write an eye-catching resume, transform your non-tech 


experience into a strength.

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Compile a ready-to-use resume

• Gain access to a resume improvement tool

2 Creating an Online Presence

Assemble your GitHub portfolio and ensure your LinkedIn looks 


professional and informative.

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Produce a production-ready portfolio

• Launch your LinkedIn profile

3 Being a Networking Ninja

Learn how to become a networking professional, and how to write 


the perfect cover letter.

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Unlock a networking roadmap

• Prepare a cover letter template

4 The Job Search

Learn where to find a job and prepare for the search!

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Access job searching resources & application tracker tool

• Produce a target job list

5 An Interview Masterclass

Familiarize yourself with different interview types, common questions

you might face, and practice tech assignments.

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Learn interview do's & don'ts

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Master the STAR technique and sound more professional

• Get tech interview help

Career Acceleration Program

Prepare for real-world interviews and gain experience through Up to 6 months 


authentic practice. This program is designed to help you find a real after graduation
job and also provides some work with technical skills.

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Attend mock interviews

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Receive 1:1 career coaching

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Write technical articles and demonstrate your knowledge

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Produce demo videos of your work

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Participate in extracurricular activities Resolve

• Join the Slack community

Apiary Projects

You'll gain confidence solving work tasks that use a real company's data + 1-∞ real projects 

to provide them with valuable insights. Learn to communicate with for your portfolio, 

clients, meet their expectations, exchange peer reviews with 5-6 weeks
colleagues, and present results to the company. The Apiary projects
become available for participants sometime between the 8-10th Sprint,
depending on the project. They are also available after graduation.

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Assemble a portfolio project based on actual data

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Get a recommendation on LinkedIn by a real company

• Gain experience with freelance project workflow