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Data 8: Foundations of Data Science

UC Berkeley, Fall 2026

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Week 1

Jan 20

Hello world! Welcome to Data 8!

Week 1

Wed, Aug 26	Lab 1 Lab 1 (due 8/28) Lecture 1 Introduction	Reading 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Thu, Aug 27	Homework 1Homework 1 (due 9/2)
Fri, Aug 28	Lecture 2 Cause and Effect	Reading 2

Week 2

Mon, Aug 31	Lecture 3 Python Discussion 1By the Numbers Lab 2Lab 2 (due 9/4)	Reading 3
Wed, Sep 02	Lecture 4 Data Types	Reading 4, 5
Thu, Sep 03	Homework 2Homework 2 (due 9/9)
Fri, Sep 04	Lecture 5 Tables	Reading 6.1, 6.2

Week 3

Mon, Sep 07	Academic Holiday Discussion 2Intro to Tables & Causation Lab 3Lab 3 (due 9/11)
Wed, Sep 09	Lecture 6 Case Study: Census	Reading 6.3, 6.4
Thu, Sep 10	Homework 3Homework 3 (due 9/16)
Fri, Sep 11	Lecture 7 Data Visualizations	Reading 7, 7.1

Week 4

Mon, Sep 14	Lecture 8 Histograms Discussion 3Visualizations, Data Types, Extending Tables Lab 4Lab 4 (due 9/18)	Reading 7.2, 7.3
Wed, Sep 16	Lecture 9 Functions	Reading 8, 8.1
Thu, Sep 17	Homework 4Homework 4 (due 9/30)
Fri, Sep 18	Lecture 10 Groups	Reading 8.2, 8.3

Week 5

Mon, Sep 21	Lecture 11 Midterm 1 Review Discussion 4More Visualizations, Intro to Functions
Wed, Sep 23	Exam Midterm 1, 8-10pm
Thu, Sep 24
Fri, Sep 25	Lecture 12 Pivots and Joins Project 1Project 1 (Checkpoint due 10/2, Entire project due 10/9)	Reading 8.4

Week 6

Mon, Sep 28	Lecture 13 Conditionals and Iteration Discussion 5Table Methods, Conditionals & Iteration	Reading 9, 9.1, 9.2
Wed, Sep 30	Lecture 14 Chance	Reading 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Thu, Oct 01	Homework 5Homework 5 (due 10/7)
Fri, Oct 02	Lecture 15 Sampling	Reading 9.5, 10, 10.1

Week 7

Mon, Oct 05	Lecture 16 Models Discussion 6Chance & Models Lab 5Lab 5 (due 10/9)	Reading 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
Wed, Oct 07	Lecture 17 Comparing Distributions	Reading 11.1, 11.2
Thu, Oct 08	Homework 6Homework 6 (due 10/14)
Fri, Oct 09	Lecture 18 Decisions and Uncertainty	Reading 11.3, 11.4

Week 8

Mon, Oct 12	Lecture 19 A/B Testing Discussion 7Midterm Review Lab 6Lab 6 (due 19/16)	Reading 11.4, 12.1
Wed, Oct 14	Lecture 20 Causality	Reading 12.2, 12.3
Thu, Oct 15	Homework 7Homework 7 (due 10/21)
Fri, Oct 16	Lecture 21 Confidence Intervals	Reading 13, 13.1, 13.2

Week 9

Mon, Oct 19	Lecture 22 Interpreting Confidence Discussion 8More Midterm Review Lab 7Lab 7 (due 10/23)	Reading 13.3, 13.4
Wed, Oct 21	Lecture 23 Center and Spread	Reading 14, 14.1, 14.2
Thu, Oct 22	Homework 8Homework 8 (due 10/30)
Fri, Oct 23	Lecture 24 The Normal Distribution	Reading 14.3, 14.4

Week 10

Mon, Oct 26	Lecture 25 Sample Means Discussion 9The Bootstrap Lab 8Lab 8 (due 10/30)	Reading 14.5
Wed, Oct 28	Lecture 26 Case Study: Elections	Reading 14.6
Thu, Oct 29
Fri, Oct 30	Lecture 27 Numerical Associations	Reading 15.1

Week 11

Mon, Nov 02	Lecture 28 Midterm 2 Review Discussion 10The Central Limit Theorem
Wed, Nov 04	Exam Midterm 2, 8-10pm No Lecture
Thu, Nov 05
Fri, Nov 06	Lecture 29 Linear Regression Project 2Project 2 (Checkpoint due 11/13, Entire project due 11/20)	Reading 15.2

Week 12

Mon, Nov 09	Lecture 30 Least Squares Discussion 11Correlation & Regression	Reading 15.3, 15.4
Wed, Nov 11	Academic Holiday
Thu, Nov 12	Homework 9Homework 9 (due 11/18)
Fri, Nov 13	Lecture 31 Residuals	Reading 15.5

Week 13

Mon, Nov 16	Lecture 32 Regression Inference Discussion 12Residuals Lab 9Lab 9 (due 11/20)	Reading 16
Wed, Nov 18	Lecture 33 Classification	Reading 17.1, 17.2
Thu, Nov 19	Homework 10Homework 10 (Due 11/25)
Fri, Nov 20	Lecture 34 Implementing Classifiers Project 3Project 3 (Checkpoint due 11/30, Entire project due 12/4)	Reading 17.3, 17.4

Week 14

Mon, Nov 23	Lecture 35 Evaluating Classifiers Discussion 13Intervals for Predictions & kNN Classification	Reading 17.5
Wed, Nov 25	Non-Instructional Day
Thu, Nov 26	Academic Holiday
Fri, Nov 27	Academic Holiday

Week 15

Mon, Nov 30	Homework 11 Homework 11 (due 12/6) Lecture 36 Updating Probabilities Discussion 14Bayes Lab 10Lab 10 (due 12/4)	Reading 18, 18.1, 18.2
Wed, Dec 02	Lecture 37 Case Study: Health
Thu, Dec 03
Fri, Dec 04	Homework 12 Homework 12 (due 12/9) Lecture 38 Conclusion

Week 16

Mon, Dec 07	RRR Week
Wed, Dec 09	RRR Week
Thu, Dec 10	RRR Week
Fri, Dec 11	RRR Week

Week 17

Mon, Dec 14	Finals Week
Tue, Dec 15	Exam Final Exam