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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2021-2022 
    
Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BSAN 6030 Programming for Data Management


3 semester hours

This course introduces learners to Python programming for data analytics. It introduces the basics of programming (algorithms, variables and data types, operators, looping and branching) and provides a working knowledge of Python libraries to process data. It includes how to retrieve, clean, manipulate, and analyze structured and unstructured data. Students will also be introduced to the basics of data management architecture such as relational databases and data warehouses, as well as use of SQL within Python for querying and interacting with such data architectures.

Prerequisite: Completion of a college statistics course in the last four years with a grade of B or better.