LSE DS101 – Fundamentals of Data Science

2024/25 Autumn Term

Note

🥐 Releases for this week:

• You’ll find the Python script for week 2’s class here
• Your Quarto/Zotero tutorial (to prepare for your first formative) is here. You need to install some software prior to doing it: find the installation guide here. After you’ve worked through the tutorial, you can look at the solutions here
• Your first formative (due after reading week on November 14th at 5pm) is here. You can work on it individually or in pairs and you should submit it on Moodle.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Our Team

Course convenor

Dr. Ghita Berrada
Assistant Professor of Data Science (Education)
LSE Data Science Institute
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COURSE CONVENOR LECTURER

Office Hours:

• 15-min slots, on Wednesdays 12:30 – 14:30 during Term Time
• Room: COL 1.02 (check out the 🗺️ campus map)
• Book via Student Hub up to 6 hours in advance

Class Teachers

Dr Stuart Bramwell
Guest Lecturer at the Data Science Institute
DPhil in Politics (Oxford University)

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CLASS TEACHER

Office Hours:

• 15-min slots, on Tuesdays 1:00pm – 3:00pm during Term Time
• Book via Student Hub up to 6 hours in advance

Dr Barry Ledeatte
AI Learning Consultant

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class teacher

Office Hours:

• 15-min slots, on Mondays 11:30– 13.30 during Term Time
• Book via Student Hub up to 6 hours in advance

Sara Luxmoore
Research Officer
LSE Data Science Institute and LSE Cities
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SUPPORT SESSIONS

Course Representative

Could this be you? Course reps are the link between the students and the academic staff. They attend Teaching Committee meetings to share students’ feedback and suggestions. As a perk, course reps are guaranteed a place in the industry trips we organise.

We will elect a course representative in the first weeks of the course.

Administrative Support

Kevin Kittoe
Teaching and Learning Administrator
LSE Data Science Institute
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ADMIN

📍 Lecture

Lectures take place Monday 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at CBG 2.06 (🗺️ campus map), except Week 06 (Reading Week).

Except for the first week, slides should be available on the relevant week webpage and on Moodle page the week before the lecture.

Class Groups

Group 1

• 📆 Fridays
• ⌚ 9:00 - 10:30
• 📍 CKK.2.18
• 🧑‍🏫 Barry^*

^*: except Week 01 where the class will be led by Stuart instead

Group 2

• 📆 Fridays
• ⌚ 10:30- 12:00
• 📍 CKK.2.18
• 🧑‍🏫 Barry^*

^*: except Week 01 where the class will be led by Stuart instead

Group 3

• 📆 Fridays
• ⌚ 14:00 - 15:30
• 📍 CKK.2.17
• 🧑‍🏫 Stuart^*

^*: except Week 05 where the class will be led by Barry instead

🛟 Additional weekly support sessions

Every week, we will offer drop-in sessions (no booking required) where you can get help with the week’s coursework or with an upcoming assessment, ask questions about the lectures and classes, or simply chat with your peers and teachers.

• 📆 Tuesdays^*
• ⌚ 10:30 - 11:45
• 📍 COL.1.06
• 👩🏻‍🏫 Sara ^*: except Week 04 where the session will exceptionally be run on Thursday between 13:30-14.45