Lesson 1
Welcome to the Nanodegree
Welcome to the Programming for Data Science Nanodegree program! In this lesson, you will learn more about the structure of the program and meet the team.
Nanodegree Program
Learn programming skills needed to uncover patterns and insights in large data sets, running queries with relational databases and working with Unix shell and Git.
Learn programming skills needed to uncover patterns and insights in large data sets, running queries with relational databases and working with Unix shell and Git.
Beginner
2 months
Real-world Projects
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Last Updated October 26, 2024
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Course 1 • 57 minutes
Welcome to the program! In this part, you will get an orientation into using our classroom and services. You’ll also get advice for making the best use of your time while enrolled in this program.
Lesson 1
Welcome to the Programming for Data Science Nanodegree program! In this lesson, you will learn more about the structure of the program and meet the team.
Lesson 2
You are starting a challenging but rewarding journey! Take 5 minutes to read how to get help with projects and content.
Lesson 3
What to do if you have questions about your account or general questions about the program.
Lesson 4
In this lesson, you'll hear from a few data analysts and data scientists about what it's like to work in data analytics.
Course 2 • 4 weeks
Learn SQL language fundamentals such as building basic queries and advanced functions like Window Functions, Subqueries and Common Table Expressions.
Lesson 1
In this section, you will gain knowledge about SQL basics for working with a single table. You will learn the key commands to filter a table in many different ways.
Lesson 2
In this lesson, you will learn how to combine data from multiple tables together.
Lesson 3
In this lesson, you will learn how to aggregate data using SQL functions
Lesson 4
In this lesson, you will learn about subqueries, a fundamental advanced SQL topic. This lesson will walk you through the appropriate applications of subqueries, the different types of subqueries, and review subquery syntax and examples.
Lesson 5
Cleaning data is an important part of the data analysis process. You will be learning how to perform data cleaning using SQL in this lesson.
Lesson 6
Window functions allow users to compare one row to another without doing any joins using one of the most powerful concepts in SQL data analysis.
Lesson 7
Learn advanced joins and how to make queries that run quickly across giant datasets. Most of the examples in the lesson involve edge cases, some of which come up in interviews.
Lesson 8 • Project
The **Sakila Movie database** is a SQL database of online DVD rentals . You will query the database to answer questions about business decisions.
Course 3 • 2 hours
The Unix shell is a powerful tool for developers of all sorts. In this lesson, you'll get a quick introduction to the very basics of using it on your own computer.
Lesson 1
The Unix shell is a powerful tool for developers of all sorts. In this lesson, you'll get a quick introduction to the very basics of using it on your own computer.
Course 4 • 4 weeks
Learn Python programming fundamentals such as data types and structures, variables, loops, and functions.
Lesson 1
Welcome to Introduction to Python! Here's an overview of the course.
Lesson 2
Familiarize yourself with the building blocks of Python! Learn about data types and operators, built-in functions, type conversion, whitespace, and style guidelines.
Lesson 3
Use data structures to order and group different data types together! Learn about the types of data structures in Python, along with more useful built-in functions and operators.
Lesson 4
Build logic into your code with control flow tools! Learn about conditional statements, repeating code with loops and useful built-in functions, and list comprehensions.
Lesson 5
Learn how to use functions to improve and reuse your code! Learn about functions, variable scope, documentation, lambda expressions, iterators, and generators.
Lesson 6
Set up your own programming environment to write and run Python scripts locally! Learn good scripting practices, interact with different inputs, and discover awesome tools.
Lesson 7
Learn the basics of NumPy and how to use it to create and manipulate arrays.
Lesson 8
Learn the basics of Pandas Series and DataFrames and how to use them to load and process data.
Lesson 9
In this lesson we cover some advanced topics of iterators and generators. You are not required to complete this but we have provided these to give you a taste of these.
Lesson 10 • Project
Use Python to understand U.S. bikeshare data. Calculate statistics and build an interactive environment where a user chooses the data and filter for a dataset to analyze.
Staff Data Scientist
Josh has been sharing his passion for data for over a decade. He's used data science for work ranging from cancer research to process automation. He recently has found a passion for solving data science problems within marketplace companies.
Command Line Instructor
Before joining Udacity, Karl was a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Google for eight years, building automation and monitoring to keep the world's busiest web services online.
CEO at Mode
Derek is the CEO of Mode Analytics. He developed an analytical foundation at Facebook and Yammer and is passionate about sharing it with future analysts. He authored SQL School and is a mentor at Insight Data Science.
Instructor
Richard is a Course Developer with a passion for teaching. He has a degree in computer science, and first worked for a nonprofit doing everything from front end web development, to backend programming, to database and server management.
Curriculum Lead at Udacity
Juno is the curriculum lead for the School of Data Science. She has been sharing her passion for data and teaching, building several courses at Udacity. As a data scientist, she built recommendation engines, computer vision and NLP models, and tools to analyze user behavior.
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