Course Standards

2025-2026 Academic Year

CS30 Introduction to Data Science

Course Type: Adapted

Standard/Objective NumberStandard/ObjectiveCourse WeightRBT Designation
1.00Understand the career pathway and career opportunities in the Data Science Pathway.5%B2 Understand Conceptual
1.01Understand career opportunities in the Data Science pathway.2%B2 Understand Conceptual
1.02Understand opportunities in the Technology Student Association.3%B2 Understand Conceptual
2.00Understand durable employability skills.5%C2 Understand Procedural
2.01Recognize durable employability skills and their importance.2%A1 Remember Factual
2.02Understand the development of durable employability skills.3%C2 Understand Procedural
3.00Understand and frame a problem.12%B2 Understand Conceptual
3.01Exemplify real-world phenomena and broader issues related to problems.6%B2 Understand Conceptual
3.02Compare different possibilities for data and how they relate to the identified phenomena.6%B2 Understand Conceptual
4.00Apply data gathering techniques.13%C3 Apply Procedural
4.01Compare attributes, measurements, and data collection methods to approach a problem.4%C2 Understand Procedural
4.02Execute techniques to collect or source data.5%C3 Apply Procedural
4.03Execute procedures to consider sample size, access, storage, and trustworthiness of data.4%C3 Apply Procedural
5.00Apply data processing techniques.15%C3 Apply Procedural
5.01Explain how to organize, structure, clean, and transform data.5%C2 Understand Procedural
5.02Execute techniques to organize, structure, clean, and transform data.5%C3 Apply Procedural
5.03Apply techniques to determine if additional data is needed and expand datasets.5%C3 Apply Procedural
6.00Apply data exploration and visualization techniques.18%C3 Apply Procedural
6.01Execute techniques to create meaningful visualizations.8%C3 Apply Procedural
6.02Execute statistical measures to explore and model data.5%C3 Apply Procedural
6.03Understand organizing the data and recognizing relationships relative to the problem.5%B2 Understand Conceptual
7.00Apply modeling techniques.14%C3 Apply Procedural
7.01Execute procedures to build data models addressing the problem.7%C3 Apply Procedural
7.02Implement techniques to consider assumptions and context of the model.4%C3 Apply Procedural
7.03Understand possible limitations of the model.3%B2 Understand Conceptual
8.00Apply communication techniques to propose action.18%C3 Apply Procedural
8.01Execute technology tools to develop a data story.8%C3 Apply Procedural
8.02Execute review of communication to ensure claims are supported with evidence and propose action.6%C3 Apply Procedural
8.03Apply data and communication methods to address uncertainty, constraints, and potential bias.4%C3 Apply Procedural