Here’s your roadmap for the semester!

Week Date Event/Topics Class Notes Quizzes/Practice Assignments
1 08/26 Course Introduction
Getting Started
Programming Basics		 slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Practice 1 HW 1
(Due 08-Sept. at 8pm)
2 09/02 Labor Day: No Class
Review Programming Basics		 Practice 2
3 09/09 Functions slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Quiz 1
Practice 3		 HW 2
(Due 22-Sept. at 8pm)
4 09/16 Conditionals
Testing & Debugging		 slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Practice 4
5 09/23 Loops slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Quiz 2
Practice 5		 HW 3
(Due 06-Oct. at 8pm)
6 09/30 Vectors slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Practice 6
7 10/07 Strings slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Quiz 3
Practice 7		 HW 4
(Due 27-Oct. at 8pm)
8 10/14 Exam 1 : Covers weeks 1 - 6 slides (.pdf)
9 10/21 Fall Break: No Class
10 10/28 Data Analysis 1 - Data Frames slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Quiz 4
Practice 8		 HW 5
(Due 10-Nov. at 8pm)
11 11/04 Data Analysis 2 - Data Wrangling slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Practice 9
12 11/11 Data Analysis 3 - Data Visualization slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Practice 10 HW 6
(Due 01-Dec. at 8pm)
13 11/18 Data Analysis 4 - Communicating Information slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)		 Quiz 5
Link to cheatsheet
14 11/25 Exam 2 : Covers weeks 7 - 12
15 12/02 Monte Carlo Methods slides (.pdf)
notes (.R)
16 12/09 Final Review slides (.pdf)
17 12/11 Make up day
17 12/12 Final Exam 10:20am - 12:20pm in Phillips 108

NOTE: In accordance with university policy, the final exam will be given during the final exam period and not the last week of the semester.

EMSE 6574, Sec. 11: Programming for Analytics (Fall 2019)
George Washington University | School of Engineering & Applied Science
Dr. John Paul Helveston | jph@gwu.edu | Mondays | 6:10–8:40 PM | Phillips Hall 108 | |
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