Course Info

DSC 424: Advanced Modeling and Analysis Techniques

This course will teach advanced techniques for building interpretable models of data for both exploratory and predictive applications. The course covers advanced regression and classification methods, latent variable discovery techniques, and advanced clustering. In addition, this course will expand the model-building toolbox to encompass metric, ordinal and categorical variable types.

CSC 423 or DSC 423 or consent of instructor is a prerequisite for this class.

Fall 2025-2026

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 12903
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00214 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor:
  • Section: 710
  • Class number: 13449
  • Meeting time: -
  • Location: Online: Async
  • Instructor:

Summer II 2024-2025

Spring 2024-2025

Winter 2024-2025

  • Section: 801
  • Class number: 23310
  • Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00222 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus

Section 841

Class number 25079

  • Meeting dates: 1/4/2025 - 3/21/2025
  • Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00222 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus


Fall 2024-2025

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 14614
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00214 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus

Summer II 2023-2024

Spring 2023-2024

  • Section: 901
  • Class number: 32931
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: LEWIS 01216 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus

Winter 2023-2024

Fall 2023-2024

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 12921
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00226 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Thiru Ramaraj | View syllabus

Summer II 2022-2023

Spring 2022-2023

  • Section: 901
  • Class number: 40066
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00224 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus

Winter 2022-2023

  • Section: 801
  • Class number: 28899
  • Meeting time: M 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00214 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Thiru Ramaraj | View syllabus

Fall 2022-2023


Section 701

Class number 18553

  • Meeting dates: 9/7/2022 - 11/22/2022
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00200 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: John McDonald | View syllabus


Summer II 2021-2022

Spring 2021-2022

  • Section: 901
  • Class number: 37498
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: LEWIS 01216 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Ronan Johnson

Winter 2021-2022

  • Section: 801
  • Class number: 28589
  • Meeting time: Tu 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: CDM 00220 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Ronan Johnson

Fall 2021-2022

  • Section: 701
  • Class number: 4138
  • Meeting time: W 5:45PM - 9:00PM
  • Location: LEWIS 01509 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Ronan Johnson

Summer II 2020-2021

Spring 2020-2021