Course Catalogue - Ashoka University

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Ashoka University’s undergraduate course curriculum is taught across three semesters: Spring, Summer and Monsoon (Fall). Courses are broadly divided into three categories – Foundation Courses (core curriculum), Major & Minor Courses and Co-Curricular Courses.

You may search courses offered at Ashoka here. Please use the drop down menu to choose the specific semester and subject to see the full list of courses under each department. Foundation courses are offered in all semesters and do not have prerequisites. Offerings in other categories differ in each semester. Some higher level major/minor courses may have prerequisites.

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Introduction to Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Code: ECO-3401-1

Faculty: Parush Arora

The course discusses why data analysis is a required skill among social scientists. The course not only focus on theory but aims to teach students how to analyze data and apply techniques. The core topics will include prediction, supervised-unsupervised learning, bias-variance trade-off, cross-validation, regularization, how linear regression is used from the perspective of prediction Vs causation etc. The course will also introduce some of the machine learning techniques like lasso, k-nearest neighbours, decision tree etc. The course aims to teach students to analyze data on RStudio and R.

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