1Discover data science and professional development opportunities in order to prepare for a career.

2Explain the difference between research computing and basic personal computing data science capabilities in order to know which system is appropriate for a data science project.

3Design efficient search strategies in order to acquire new data science skills.

4Devise the most appropriate data science strategy in order to answer a research question.

5Apply data science techniques in order to answer a research question about a big data set.