Fall 2025 Data Analytics Boot Camp
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Programming Boot Camp will be held in-person on Saturdays during Fall 2025 semester.
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Fee waivers may be available for non-GGC students who meet academic criteria (GPA of 3.3 or higher). |
Purpose
Prepare Students for Success in Programming and IT Courses
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Help students with prior programming experience (Java or Python) refresh their knowledge before taking advanced IT courses.
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Encourage engagement with peers and faculty through class activities.
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Provide additional practice through workshops and exercises.
Tentative Schedule (November 1 and 15, 2025 - Classrooms: A 1710,1900,1910,1920,1930)
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Sat Nov 1 |
8:30 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast A1920 |
9:00 - 9:30 am |
Pre-Test and Survey |
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9:30 am - 10:30 am |
Session 1: Intro to data science, team up, come up with hypothesis, and select dataset from Kaggle |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Break |
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10:45 am - 11:45 am |
Session 2: Intro to Python and project setup on Github |
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12:00 - 12:45 pm |
Lunch A1920 |
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1:00 - 2:15 pm |
Session 3: Intro to Jupyter, numpy, and pandas. Data cleaning. |
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2:15 - 2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:30 - 3:45 pm |
Session 4: Visualization and query the data to make sense |
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4:00 - 5:00 pm |
Showcase project progress |
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Sat Nov 15 |
8:30 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast A1920 |
9:00 am - 10:15 am |
Session 5: Statistics, hypothesis testing, clustering, and classification. |
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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10:30 am - 11:45 am |
Session 6: Storytelling: layout of a presentation. Convert Jupyter to HTML and publish on Github Pages. Incorporate new results and beautify them. |
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12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch A1920 |
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1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Team project work on building a story and produce results |
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2:00 - 2:50 pm |
Post-Test and Post Survey |
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3:00 - 4:30 pm |
Final Project Presentation |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Closing Ceremony A1920 |
Upcoming Boot Camps
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Boot Camp #5: Fall 2025 (2 Saturdays in November) - Data Analytics
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Boot Camp #6: January 2026 - Intermediate and Advanced Java
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Boot Camp #7: Spring 2026 (3 Saturdays) - Roblox
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Boot Camp #8: May 2026 - Python
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Boot Camp #9: July 2026 - Java I & II
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Boot Camp #10: Fall 2026 (3 Saturdays) - Algorithm & AI
Previous Boot Camps
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Boot Camp #1: January 2025 - Intermediate and Advanced Java
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Boot Camp #2: May 2025 - Python
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Boot Camp #3: July 2025 - Java I & II
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Mini Boot Camp A: September and October 2025 - Code & Connect: Java Meets Raspberry Pi
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Boot Camp #4: Fall 2025 (3 Saturdays in October) - JavaScript
Thanks To Our Supporters
Note: Expansion of the bootcamp program has been generously supported by a two-year grant from Google LLC.