CGN 6311C: Introduction to Data Science for Civil Engineers

Semester: Fall
Year offered: 2026

This course offers students the opportunity to apply data science skills to civil engineering projects. The course gives students opportunities to improve their data analysis, teamwork, and communication skills.

Textbook: An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R (2nd Edition), by James, Witten, Tibshirani & Hastie; available online for free at https://www.statlearning.com/

Software: R (https://www.r-project.org/), RStudio Desktop (https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/)

This course is supported by DataCamp (https://www.datacamp.com/universities), an interactive platform for data and AI skills.