COMS BC1016: Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science

Spring 2026
Barnard College

Course Details

Instructor: Prof. Eysa Lee

TAs:

• Nami Jain [email protected]
• Sathya Raman [email protected]

Computing Fellows:

• Elena Lukac [email protected]
• Madeline Maldonado Gutierrez [email protected]

Lectures: 10:10am-11:25am, 140 Horace Mann Hall

Labs:

• Section 1: W 2:10pm - 3:40pm, 516 Milstein Center (Nami Jain)
• Section 2: Th 9:00am - 10:30am, 516 Milstein Center (Sathya Raman)

Office Hours:

• Monday 1:30pm-3:00pm, Milstein Center 503 (Elena Lukac)
• Monday 3:00pm-5:00pm, Milstein Center 512 (Prof. Eysa Lee)
• Tuesday 4:00pm-5:30pm, Milstein Center 503 (Nami Jain)
• Wednesday 5:30pm-7:00pm, Milstein Center 503 (Madeline Gutierrez)
• Thursday 4:00pm-5:30pm, Milstein Center 503 (Sathya Raman)

Course Links

Jupyter Hub: Link (login required)

Class Discussion Forum: EdStem (login required)

Courseworks: Link

Syllabus: Link

Resources

Python Resources:
Data8 Python Reference: https://www.data8.org/fa24/reference/
DataScience Python Library Developer Documentation: https://www.data8.org/datascience/

Data8 Textbook: https://inferentialthinking.com/chapters/intro.html

Lecture Schedule

The schedule below will be updated as the course progresses.

Week	Date	Topic	Lab	Assignment
1	1/21	1 - Introduction [Slides]	No Lab
2	1/26	2 - Introduction to Python [Slides] (Remote - Snow Day)
	1/28	3 - Arrays and Tables [Slides] Demo: lec03-tables.ipynb	Lab 1 - Expressions (Due 1/30)
3	2/02	4 - Tables and Functions [Slides] Demo: lec04-tables-and-functions-starter.ipynb		HW 1 - Arrays and Tables (Due 2/11)
	2/04	5 - Functions and Charts [Slides] Demo: lec05-charts-starter.ipynb	Lab 2 - Table Operations
4	2/09	6 - Histograms and Bar Charts [Slides] Demo: lec06-starter.ipynb		HW 2 - Table Manipulation and Visualzation (Due 2/18)
	2/11	7 - Histograms and Functions (continued) [Slides] Demo: lec07-starter.ipynb	Lab 3 - Data Types and Arrays	HW 1 Due
5	2/16	8 - Functions, Groups, Pivots, and Joins [Slides] Demo: lec08-starter.ipynb		HW 3 - Functions, Tables, and Groups (Due 2/25)
	2/18	9 - Review and Conditionals [Slides] Demo: lec09-starter.ipynb	Lab 4 - Functions and Visualizations	HW 2 Due
6	2/23	10 - Conditionals and Iteration [Slides] Demo: lec10-starter.ipynb (Remote - Snow Day)		HW 4 - Probability, Simultion, and Estimation (Due 3/9)
	2/25	11 - Simulations [Slides] Demo: lec11-starter.ipynb	Lab 5 - Simulations	HW 3 Due
7	3/02	12 - Probability and Sampling [Slides] Demo: lec12-starter.ipynb (Optional) Midterm Practice Problems
	3/04	13 - Models [Slides] Demo: lec13-starter.ipynb	No Lab
8	3/09	TA Midterm Review		HW 4 Due
	3/11	Midterm Exam (5"x8" index card allowed)	No Lab
-		Spring Recess
9	3/23
	3/25
10	3/30
	4/01
11	4/06
	4/08
12	4/13
	4/15
13	4/20
	4/22
14	4/27
	4/29
15	5/04