Data Science Industry Technical Readiness Program

DSC 198, Fall 2026 at UC San Diego 👋

Fall 2026

HDSI MPR

SAT 10:00AM - 2:00PM

Week 0 - Arrays + Command Line, Git/GitHub, and AI in the Terminal

🧑‍🏫 Sat Sep 26: LEC Command Line, Git/GitHub, and AI in the Terminal

Week 1 - Arrays + Design Documents, Documentation, System Design, Logging, Testing, and Software Quality

🧑‍🏫 Sat Oct 3: LEC Design Documents, Documentation, System Design, Logging, Testing, and Software Quality

Week 2 - Dynamic Programming + Docker, Kubernetes, Containers, and Cloud Foundations

🧑‍🏫 Sat Oct 10: LEC Docker, Kubernetes, Containers, and Cloud Foundations

Week 3 - Linked Lists + Cloud Engineering

🧑‍🏫 Sat Oct 17: LEC Cloud Engineering

Week 4 - Stacks and Queues + Databases and Storage Tradeoffs

🧑‍🏫 Sat Oct 24: LEC Databases and Storage Tradeoffs

Week 5 - Trees and Searching + Data Workflows

🧑‍🏫 Sat Oct 31: LEC Data Workflows

Week 6 - Trees and Searching + Data Visualization, Dashboards, and Spreadsheets

🧑‍🏫 Sat Nov 7: LEC Data Visualization, Dashboards, and Spreadsheets

Week 7 - Heaps + Deployment, APIs, and Full-Stack Systems

🧑‍🏫 Sat Nov 14: LEC Deployment, APIs, and Full-Stack Systems

Week 8 - Graphs + AI-Native Engineering Workflows, LLM Apps, and Agent Systems

🧑‍🏫 Sat Nov 21: LEC AI-Native Engineering Workflows, LLM Apps, and Agent Systems

Week 9 - Hardware Fundamentals & Basics of Networking

🧑‍🏫 Sat Nov 28: LEC Hardware Fundamentals & Basics of Networking; EXAM Final Exam (TBD)