INFO 201 was definitely one of my favorite classes I've taken at UW so far. It was an introductory data science course where we worked with the open source coding language, R to manipulate data and create data visualizations. I honestly didn't know much about data science or what data scientists did before this course, but after taking this class, I discovered that data science was actually something that really interested me and something I might want to major in.
Similar to INFO 200, I really enjoyed all the projects/assignments we did in this course. I especially loved being able to create beautiful graphs in R and summarize key findings. I have had experience with Python in the past, so R was quite similar. But I must say, since I had been working with Java most recently, it felt like a crime each time I didn't put a semi-colon at the end of each line! I think the skills that I learned in INFO 201 were incredibly useful and I am excited to be able to work on some data analysis and visualization projects on my own in the future using R. I would recommend this course to anyone who is looking for a fun, easy, and useful introductory data science course.
Similar to INFO 200, I really enjoyed all the projects/assignments we did in this course. I especially loved being able to create beautiful graphs in R and summarize key findings. I have had experience with Python in the past, so R was quite similar. But I must say, since I had been working with Java most recently, it felt like a crime each time I didn't put a semi-colon at the end of each line! I think the skills that I learned in INFO 201 were incredibly useful and I am excited to be able to work on some data analysis and visualization projects on my own in the future using R. I would recommend this course to anyone who is looking for a fun, easy, and useful introductory data science course.