Michael Pyant

Academic Portfolio

Bachelor of Science in Information Science
ISM-210 Principles of Business Analytics

Principles of Business Analytics introduces students to advanced techniques in the use of business computing applications, including spreadsheets, database systems, and linkage between applications to enhance productivity. Students study how end-user applications are managed and contribute to the business.

Course Goals

Upon successful completion of this course, students will learn:

  1. The basics of Python language, and Jupyter Notebooks
  2. Python built-in data structures, and functions
  3. Numerical computing with NumPy
  4. Data loading and storage with Pandas
  5. Data cleaning and preparation with Pandas
  6. Data wrangling and aggregation with Pandas
  7. Data visualization with matplotlib, pandas, and seaborn
  8. The basics of data modeling with Patsy and statsmodels