DS2001 CS Practicum

Fall 2021

Felix Muzny

 

Felix's Office Hours:

The "I'm missing class" form (fill this out as soon as possible if you're sick or have to miss class for another reason)

About DS2001

This is a practicum and co-requisite for DS2000, Programming With Data. In the DS2000 lecture, you’ll learn foundational data science and programming concepts. In practicum, we’ll complete practice exercises, review material, and study and discuss issues related to data within a computer science context.

 
New programmers are welcome; we don't assume any previous knowledge and we'll start from the very beginning.

Each week, you’ll complete and submit a practicum assignment. You'll also create a final project, solo or with a group, and present your work to course staff and your classmates at the end of the semester.

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Submit whatever you have completed at the end of your section. Practicum assignments are graded on a scale of 0 - 5, where:
  • 0 == no submission
  • 3 - 4.5 == moderate effort but contains major issues/significant errors and/or does not demonstrate proper use of practicum time
  • 5 == practicum time was used wisely and solution demonstrates significant effort with no major issues

Evaluation

You will receive separate grades for DS2000 and DS2001. Your grade in DS2001 will be evaluated based on the following factors:
  • Practicum Assignments (lowest one dropped): 40%
  • Project + Presentation: 60%
Your lowest practicum grade will be dropped and your first practicum is ungraded.

 

Final grades for DS2001 will be assigned based on the following scale:

LetterRange
A95 - 100
A-90 - 94
B+87 - 89
B83 - 86
B-80 - 82
C+77 - 79
C73 - 76
C-70 - 72
D+67 - 69
D63 - 66
D-60 - 62
F<60

Class format

DS2000/2001 are organized as in-person, on-ground classes for Fall 2021. This means that we expect you to attend class in person, keep up with Northeastern's testing schedule, and follow the below guidelines if you find that you are unable to attend practicum due to illness or other extenuating circumstance for any given week.

If you are ill in any way, we expect you not to attend class in person. In lieu of attending class in person, fill out this form as early as possible and follow up with Felix as necessary.

Instructors and students will all follow university guidelines regarding wearing masks, social distancing, and other covid-related policies.

 
The practicum assignments are designed to be completed within the 100-minute officially scheduled time. However, we know that schedules are harder to work with this semester, and so the deadline for practicums will officially be on Fridays at 12:00pm (noon) eastern. We recommend submitting your work in real-time at the end of your section, but it’s OK if your preference is to submit later as long as you meet that last deadline.