Oct 20, 2026  
2026-2027 University Catalog 
    
2026-2027 University Catalog

CS 44100 - Data Science Capstone


Credit Hours: 3.00. The Capstone course aims at providing students with an opportunity to integrate their accumulated knowledge and technical and social skills in order to identify and solve realistic or real-world data science problem, with an emphasis on the application domain. Capstone projects are often sponsored by corporate partners or by academic or non-academic research groups. The Capstone course serves as preparation for students entering into the profession of Data Science. Students will conduct a team-based project through the entire data science pipeline, by following the six phases of the CRISP-DM (Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining) methodology. Students get experience in working as teams, participating in project planning, writing reports, and giving presentations.
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the business objectives in a complex problem. 2. Develop appropriate data science goals and project plan. 3. Implement the appropriate data pre-processing and analysis models. 4. Evaluate the above models and interpret results with respect to the “business” objectives. 5. Present the project outcomes through written reports and digital/oral presentations.
Credit Hours: 3.00