De Anza College
CIS 9
Introduction to Data Science for Programmers · 4.5 units · used in 9 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course is an introduction to data science, which covers data analytics and machine learning. Topics covered include data gathering and data wrangling, data assessment and visualization, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, natural language processing.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:21 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
CIS 41APython ProgrammingCatalog wording: “CIS D041A”
Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
Transfer pathways that use CIS 9
ASSIST maps CIS 9 to a requirement in 9 published pathways from De Anza College.
- Game Design & Interactive MediaDe Anza → UC Irvine
- Data ScienceDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Health Science, B.S. Community Health EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Health Science, B.S. Preclinical EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Political ScienceDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- SociologyDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Statistics, B.S. (Pending Chancellor's Office Approval - Enrollment Fall 2027)De Anza → CSU Channel Islands
- Data ScienceDe Anza → National University
- MathematicsDe Anza → National University
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