DATA SCIENCE & APPLIED AI DEVELOPMENT
The Data Science & Applied AI Training Program is a practical, career-focused program designed to equip students with the skills needed to collect, process, analyze, visualize, and interpret data for real-world decision-making. The program begins with Python programming, SQL, and data fundamentals, giving students a strong foundation for working with datasets and databases.
As the training progresses, students learn data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, statistics, data visualization, and dashboard development using industry-relevant tools such as Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SQL, and Power BI. The program then moves into machine learning and applied AI, covering regression, classification, clustering, feature engineering, model evaluation, natural language processing, and the practical use of modern AI tools.
The final stage focuses on real-world projects, machine-learning application development, deployment, GitHub portfolio development, and career preparation. Students complete an end-to-end capstone project that demonstrates their ability to solve practical business problems using data. By the end of the six months, students will have developed a portfolio of practical projects and gained foundational skills relevant to careers in Data Analytics, Data Science, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Applied AI.
Course Objective
The objective of this 6-Month Data Science & Applied AI Training Program is to equip students with practical, industry-relevant skills to collect, clean, analyze, visualize, and interpret data; use Python and SQL for data analysis; apply statistics and machine learning techniques; build predictive models and AI solutions; and communicate data-driven insights effectively. By the end of the program, students will be able to complete end-to-end data science projects using real-world datasets and develop a professional portfolio suitable for entry-level opportunities in Data Analytics, Data Science, Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Applied AI.
COURSE SYLLABUS
Beginner to Advance Level
Module 1: INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCIENCE›
1.1 Understanding Data Science
- What is Data Science?
- Data Science vs Data Analytics
- Data Science vs Data Engineering
- Data Science vs Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning vs Deep Learning
- Role of a Data Scientist
- Data Science lifecycle
- Real-world applications of Data Science
1.2 Data Types & Sources
- Structured data
- Semi-structured data
- Unstructured data
- Numerical and categorical data
- Internal and external data sources
- APIs
- Databases
- CSV and Excel files
- Web data
1.3 Data Science Workflow
- Problem definition
- Data collection
- Data preparation
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Feature engineering
- Model development
- Model evaluation
- Deployment
- Monitoring and improvement
- Practical: Analyze and document a real-world dataset.
Module 2: PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR DATA SCIENCE›
2.1 Python Fundamentals
- Installing Python
- Python environments
- Jupyter Notebook
- VS Code
- Python syntax
- Variables
- Data types
- Operators
- Input and output
2.2 Python Control Flow
- Conditional statements
- if, elif, else
- For loops
- While loops
- Nested loops
- List comprehensions
2.3 Python Data Structures
- Lists
- Tuples
- Sets
- Dictionaries
- Strings
- Working with nested data structures
2.4 Functions & Modules
- Creating functions
- Parameters and arguments
- Return values
- Lambda functions
- Built-in functions
- Importing modules
- Creating reusable code
2.5 Advanced Python Fundamentals
- Exception handling
- File handling
- Object-oriented programming
- Classes and objects
- Working with JSON
- Regular expressions
- Project: Build a Python-based data processing application.
Module 3: SQL & DATABASES FOR DATA SCIENCE›
3.1 Database Fundamentals
- What is a database?
- Relational databases
- Tables, rows and columns
- Primary and foreign keys
- Database relationships
- Database normalization
3.2 SQL Fundamentals
- SELECT
- WHERE
- ORDER BY
- DISTINCT
- LIMIT
- INSERT
- UPDATE
- DELETE
3.3 SQL Aggregation
- COUNT
- SUM
- AVG
- MIN
- MAX
- GROUP BY
- HAVING
3.4 SQL Joins
- INNER JOIN
- LEFT JOIN
- RIGHT JOIN
- FULL JOIN
- Self joins
- Multiple-table queries
3.5 Advanced SQL
- Subqueries
- Common Table Expressions
- CASE statements
- Window functions
- Ranking
- Data filtering
- Date and time functions
- Project: Build a SQL-based business data analysis.
Module 4: NUMPY & PANDAS›
4.1 NumPy
- NumPy arrays
- Array creation
- Indexing and slicing
- Mathematical operations
- Statistical functions
- Array manipulation
4.2 Pandas
- Series
- DataFrames
- Importing datasets
- Reading CSV files
- Reading Excel files
- Data selection and filtering
- Sorting
- Grouping
- Aggregation
- Merging datasets
- Joining datasets
4.3 Data Cleaning
- Missing values
- Duplicate records
- Incorrect data types
- Outliers
- Inconsistent data
- Data transformation
- Data normalization
- Project: Clean and prepare a messy real-world dataset for analysis.
Module 5: EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS›
5.1 Understanding EDA
- What is Exploratory Data Analysis?
- Importance of EDA
- Understanding dataset structure
- Identifying patterns
- Identifying anomalies
5.2 Descriptive Analysis
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Range
- Variance
- Standard deviation
- Percentiles
- Quartiles
5.3 Relationship Analysis
- Correlation
- Covariance
- Relationships between variables
- Categorical analysis
- Numerical analysis
5.4 Data Quality
- Detecting anomalies
- Detecting outliers
- Data consistency
- Data validation
- Project: Complete an exploratory analysis of a business dataset.
Module 6: DATA VISUALIZATION & DATA STORYTELLING›
6.1 Matplotlib
- Line charts
- Bar charts
- Histograms
- Scatter plots
- Pie charts
- Customizing charts
6.2 Seaborn
- Statistical visualization
- Distribution plots
- Box plots
- Heatmaps
- Relationship plots
- Categorical visualization
6.3 Business Data Visualization
- Choosing the right chart
- KPI visualization
- Trends
- Comparisons
- Patterns
- Data storytelling
6.4 Power BI
- Power BI fundamentals
- Importing data
- Data transformation
- Relationships
- Measures
- Calculated columns
- Interactive dashboards
- Filters and slicers
- Publishing dashboards
- Project: Develop a professional business intelligence dashboard.
Module 7: STATISTICS FOR DATA SCIENCE›
7.1 Probability
- Basic probability
- Events
- Conditional probability
- Independent events
- Bayes' theorem
7.2 Probability Distributions
- Normal distribution
- Binomial distribution
- Poisson distribution
- Uniform distribution
7.3 Statistical Concepts
- Population vs sample
- Sampling techniques
- Central Limit Theorem
- Confidence intervals
- Standard error
7.4 Hypothesis Testing
- Null hypothesis
- Alternative hypothesis
- p-values
- Significance levels
- Type I and Type II errors
- t-tests
- Chi-square tests
- Project: Perform statistical analysis on a real-world dataset.
Module 8: MACHINE LEARNING FUNDAMENTALS›
8.1 Introduction to Machine Learning
- What is Machine Learning?
- Types of Machine Learning
- Supervised learning
- Unsupervised learning
- Semi-supervised learning
- Reinforcement learning
8.2 Machine Learning Workflow
- Problem definition
- Data preparation
- Feature selection
- Training data
- Testing data
- Model training
- Model evaluation
8.3 Data Preparation
- Feature engineering
- Encoding categorical variables
- Feature scaling
- Train-test split
- Handling imbalanced datasets
Module 9: SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING›
9.1 Regression
- Linear Regression
- Multiple Linear Regression
- Polynomial Regression
- Regression evaluation
9.2 Classification
- Logistic Regression
- Decision Trees
- Random Forest
- K-Nearest Neighbors
- Support Vector Machines
9.3 Model Evaluation
- Accuracy
- Precision
- Recall
- F1-score
- Confusion matrix
- ROC-AUC
- Cross-validation
- Project: Build a predictive machine-learning model.
Module 10: UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING›
10.1 Clustering
- Introduction to clustering
- K-Means
- Hierarchical clustering
- DBSCAN concepts
10.2 Dimensionality Reduction
- Feature reduction
- Principal Component Analysis
- Visualization of high-dimensional data
10.3 Customer & Business Segmentation
- Customer segmentation
- Behavioral analysis
- Market segmentation
- Project: Develop a customer segmentation solution.
Module 11: ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING›
Ensemble learning
Bagging
Boosting
Random Forest
Gradient Boosting
XGBoost
Feature selection
Hyperparameter tuning
Grid Search
Random Search
Model optimization
Model interpretability
Feature importance
Introduction to SHAP
Project: Optimize an existing machine-learning model and compare multiple algorithms.
Module 12: TIME SERIES & FORECASTING›
Introduction to time-series data
Time-series components
Trend
Seasonality
Moving averages
Time-series visualization
Time-series preprocessing
Forecasting concepts
Regression-based forecasting
Introduction to ARIMA
Forecast evaluation
Project: Build a sales or demand forecasting model.
Module 13: NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING›
13.1 NLP Fundamentals
- What is NLP?
- Text data
- Text preprocessing
- Tokenization
- Stop-word removal
- Stemming
- Lemmatization
13.2 Text Analysis
- Word frequency
- Text classification
- Sentiment analysis
- Feature extraction
- TF-IDF
13.3 Applied NLP
- Spam detection
- Sentiment analysis
- Document classification
- Project: Build a sentiment-analysis or text-classification application.
Module 14: APPLIED AI & GENERATIVE AI›
14.1 Introduction to Applied AI
- AI concepts
- Machine Learning vs AI
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models
- AI applications in business
14.2 Generative AI for Data Science
- Using AI assistants for data analysis
- AI-assisted Python programming
- AI-assisted SQL
- Dataset exploration with AI
- Generating analytical summaries
- Prompt engineering fundamentals
14.3 AI APIs
- Introduction to AI APIs
- Sending data to AI models
- Processing AI responses
- Building simple AI-powered applications
14.4 Responsible AI
- AI bias
- Data privacy
- Security
- Responsible AI
- Hallucinations
- Human oversight
- Project: Build an AI-powered data analysis application.
Module 15: DATA SCIENCE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT›
15.1 Streamlit
- Introduction to Streamlit
- Building data applications
- Creating interactive interfaces
- Charts and dashboards
- User inputs
- Deploying applications
15.2 APIs
- What is an API?
- REST API fundamentals
- Consuming APIs with Python
- JSON data
- Integrating external data sources
15.3 Application Deployment
- Preparing applications for deployment
- Environment management
- Requirements files
- Basic cloud deployment concepts
- Application testing
- Project: Deploy an interactive Data Science/AI application.
Module 16: DATA SCIENCE WITH CLOUD & MODERN TOOLS›
Introduction to cloud computing
Cloud data concepts
Data storage
Cloud databases
Cloud analytics
Introduction to AWS/Azure data services
Cloud-based machine learning concepts
Data security
Identity and access management
Cost awareness
Module 17: GIT, GITHUB & DATA SCIENCE PORTFOLIO›
Git fundamentals
Creating repositories
Commits
Branches
Pull requests
GitHub
README documentation
Managing Data Science projects
Publishing projects
Building a professional GitHub portfolio
Module 18: DATA SCIENCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT›
Understanding business requirements
Translating business problems into data problems
Defining project objectives
Selecting datasets
Data quality assessment
Project documentation
Model selection
Measuring business impact
Presenting results
Working with stakeholders
Module 19: FINAL PROJECT›
Final project details will be announced by the instructor.
COURSE BRIEF
- Course Title:Data Science & Applied AI Development
- Duration: 6 months instructor-led Training
- Level: Beginner to Advance Level
- Format: Online Training with Series of Projects
- Regular Assignments & Case Studies
SCHEDULES
- Days: Monday – Friday
- Duration: 2hr Everyday
- Time: 8pm(CST) and 8pm(WAT)
